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Dail-in Battle.net New Security Feature (free and optional)
Tatsujin:
Read.
From blue post:
Over the years, Blizzard has provided players with various tools and resources, such as the Battle.net Authenticator and Account Security Awareness pages, to help you keep your account information safe, secure, and in the right hands. As part of our ongoing commitment to account security, we’re happy to announce the release of a new account security feature, the Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator.
Similar to the Battle.net Authenticator and Mobile Authenticator application, the Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator is an optional tool that provides an additional layer of security against unauthorized account access. The Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator is not a physical token or application run on a mobile device, however. Instead, it is a free opt-in service that will actively monitor an account and request additional authorization from the user when a potentially unauthorized login attempt occurs. (Pretty cool, huh?)
If you sign up for the Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator, you will be asked to make a toll-free phone call from a specific phone of your choosing to authorize unusual login attempts with the associated Battle.net account. Please note that you will only be asked to make this phone call when something about your login attempt appears out of the ordinary. For example, if you were to log in from a location from which you do not typically play, you may be asked to call in and provide your selected PIN and a unique, single-use security code before access to the account will be granted.
Sign-up and use of the Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator is completely free and is currently compatible with World of Warcraft and Battle.net Account Management logins. So, what are you waiting for? To learn more about this service and find out how you can take your account’s security to the next level, check out the Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator FAQ today.
Go to www.battle.net to put the new security feature in if you want. I'm doing it now on top of this authenticator. It appears that you cannot have two different authenticators active at the same time. It is fine. I'll still keep the one I bought.
wolkec:
Too long, did not read
Blizzard are money making whores, so who cares...
Temuthril:
Tatsujin:
--- Quote from: wolkec on November 11, 2010, 07:56:09 AM ---Too long, did not read
Blizzard are money making whores, so who cares...
--- End quote ---
It's a free service. Read it when you get the time.
Arveene:
I personally think that Blizzard should make authenticators and this mandatory. Those two things alone would shut down the majority of account hacking / keylogging / user stupidity incidents as well as put a huge stop to the secondary market. (gold sellers)
Mandatory dial-in auth is probably taking it a bit too far, but the rampant account compromising is getting pretty ridiculous. I was hoping they'd include and make at authenticators mandatory with the release of Cata.
I do agree with that image for SC2 though, pretty ridiculous that they still haven't added chat channels.
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