Dail-in Battle.net New Security Feature (free and optional)

[Tatsujin]

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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]

Too long, did not read

Blizzard are money making whores, so who cares...

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.

[Sosseres]

The problem with all authenticators is that they assume the account is something of value. Total value of my account with games included is somewhere around $60. I do not want an authenticator for $60 services. If I did have a wow account it might be different since you actually can gain things of value with that. Having D2, WC3 +TFT and SC2 as an average account means you lose a small amount of money re-buying those things in a worst case scenario. You lose nothing of your play time or other value (unless you spent a lot of time on D2).

If they forced authentication I would never use their official services and would instead look for pirated solutions.

I see authenticators to anything worth less than $1000 as meaningless, worse than that, they take time. I wish all games had the option for auto-login.

[Tatsujin]

The problem with all authenticators is that they assume the account is something of value. Total value of my account with games included is somewhere around $60. I do not want an authenticator for $60 services. If I did have a wow account it might be different since you actually can gain things of value with that. Having D2, WC3 +TFT and SC2 as an average account means you lose a small amount of money re-buying those things in a worst case scenario. You lose nothing of your play time or other value (unless you spent a lot of time on D2).

If they forced authentication I would never use their official services and would instead look for pirated solutions.

I see authenticators to anything worth less than $1000 as meaningless, worse than that, they take time. I wish all games had the option for auto-login.

My WoW account is worth in thousands, I have two Legendaries (shadowmourne being as one) and some extremely rare items, plus the time I put in, achievements, the guild I'm in and the large reputation I have on my server. I've been hacked twice and they happened to be in less than 48 hours. I made sure it won't happen a third time and I quickly ordered an Authenticator and re-registered my e-mail account to another one with a specific-only-password that I don't use for anything else and I never access that account under any circumstances. I have all the e-mails being sent to that account forwarded to my main one. It's pointless to get hacked at this stage. Cata's coming out and I'm getting prepared for it.

[mgz]

The problem with all authenticators is that they assume the account is something of value. Total value of my account with games included is somewhere around $60. I do not want an authenticator for $60 services. If I did have a wow account it might be different since you actually can gain things of value with that. Having D2, WC3 +TFT and SC2 as an average account means you lose a small amount of money re-buying those things in a worst case scenario. You lose nothing of your play time or other value (unless you spent a lot of time on D2).

If they forced authentication I would never use their official services and would instead look for pirated solutions.

I see authenticators to anything worth less than $1000 as meaningless, worse than that, they take time. I wish all games had the option for auto-login.

My WoW account is worth in thousands, I have two Legendaries (shadowmourne being as one) and some extremely rare items, plus the time I put in, achievements, the guild I'm in and the large reputation I have on my server. I've been hacked twice and they happened to be in less than 48 hours. I made sure it won't happen a third time and I quickly ordered an Authenticator and re-registered my e-mail account to another one with a specific-only-password that I don't use for anything else and I never access that account under any circumstances. I have all the e-mails being sent to that account forwarded to my main one. It's pointless to get hacked at this stage. Cata's coming out and I'm getting prepared for it.

only stupid people get hacked so i feel authenticators for games shouldnt be required

[Tatsujin]

The problem with all authenticators is that they assume the account is something of value. Total value of my account with games included is somewhere around $60. I do not want an authenticator for $60 services. If I did have a wow account it might be different since you actually can gain things of value with that. Having D2, WC3 +TFT and SC2 as an average account means you lose a small amount of money re-buying those things in a worst case scenario. You lose nothing of your play time or other value (unless you spent a lot of time on D2).

If they forced authentication I would never use their official services and would instead look for pirated solutions.

I see authenticators to anything worth less than $1000 as meaningless, worse than that, they take time. I wish all games had the option for auto-login.

My WoW account is worth in thousands, I have two Legendaries (shadowmourne being as one) and some extremely rare items, plus the time I put in, achievements, the guild I'm in and the large reputation I have on my server. I've been hacked twice and they happened to be in less than 48 hours. I made sure it won't happen a third time and I quickly ordered an Authenticator and re-registered my e-mail account to another one with a specific-only-password that I don't use for anything else and I never access that account under any circumstances. I have all the e-mails being sent to that account forwarded to my main one. It's pointless to get hacked at this stage. Cata's coming out and I'm getting prepared for it.

only stupid people get hacked so i feel authenticators for games shouldnt be required

You can have no addons at all and still get hacked easily without an authenticator (happened to a lot of people). I wouldn't say "only stupid people", I'd point my finger at those that go the "buy gold" websites and "we level characters for X price" and "Congrats we're giving away Beta codes just visit this website here!".

I got hacked because I updated an addon IceHUD from Matrix (whatever) and I learned my lesson. Apparently Matrix somehow doesn't have a restricted addon upload to the legit makers so almost anyone can upload the same addon with a "new version" and have a keylogger in the file(s). Dropped that Matrix program and started using curse.com since it's easier and restricted to legit addon makers.

[mgz]

The problem with all authenticators is that they assume the account is something of value. Total value of my account with games included is somewhere around $60. I do not want an authenticator for $60 services. If I did have a wow account it might be different since you actually can gain things of value with that. Having D2, WC3 +TFT and SC2 as an average account means you lose a small amount of money re-buying those things in a worst case scenario. You lose nothing of your play time or other value (unless you spent a lot of time on D2).

If they forced authentication I would never use their official services and would instead look for pirated solutions.

I see authenticators to anything worth less than $1000 as meaningless, worse than that, they take time. I wish all games had the option for auto-login.

My WoW account is worth in thousands, I have two Legendaries (shadowmourne being as one) and some extremely rare items, plus the time I put in, achievements, the guild I'm in and the large reputation I have on my server. I've been hacked twice and they happened to be in less than 48 hours. I made sure it won't happen a third time and I quickly ordered an Authenticator and re-registered my e-mail account to another one with a specific-only-password that I don't use for anything else and I never access that account under any circumstances. I have all the e-mails being sent to that account forwarded to my main one. It's pointless to get hacked at this stage. Cata's coming out and I'm getting prepared for it.

only stupid people get hacked so i feel authenticators for games shouldnt be required

You can have no addons at all and still get hacked easily without an authenticator (happened to a lot of people). I wouldn't say "only stupid people", I'd point my finger at those that go the "buy gold" websites and "we level characters for X price" and "Congrats we're giving away Beta codes just visit this website here!".

I got hacked because I updated an addon IceHUD from Matrix (whatever) and I learned my lesson. Apparently Matrix somehow doesn't have a restricted addon upload to the legit makers so almost anyone can upload the same addon with a "new version" and have a keylogger in the file(s). Dropped that Matrix program and started using curse.com since it's easier and restricted to legit addon makers.

yea you were stupid and used a non secure source for a mod. That would be a sound basis for calling someone stupid. Not to say you didnt hopefully learn a lesson, but still wowace and for the most part curse are the sites most people get their mods from deviating from those norms is risky and stupid.

Thus i feel my statement holds true since peoples accounts arent being targeted and brutefoced

[Tatsujin]

The problem with all authenticators is that they assume the account is something of value. Total value of my account with games included is somewhere around $60. I do not want an authenticator for $60 services. If I did have a wow account it might be different since you actually can gain things of value with that. Having D2, WC3 +TFT and SC2 as an average account means you lose a small amount of money re-buying those things in a worst case scenario. You lose nothing of your play time or other value (unless you spent a lot of time on D2).

If they forced authentication I would never use their official services and would instead look for pirated solutions.

I see authenticators to anything worth less than $1000 as meaningless, worse than that, they take time. I wish all games had the option for auto-login.

My WoW account is worth in thousands, I have two Legendaries (shadowmourne being as one) and some extremely rare items, plus the time I put in, achievements, the guild I'm in and the large reputation I have on my server. I've been hacked twice and they happened to be in less than 48 hours. I made sure it won't happen a third time and I quickly ordered an Authenticator and re-registered my e-mail account to another one with a specific-only-password that I don't use for anything else and I never access that account under any circumstances. I have all the e-mails being sent to that account forwarded to my main one. It's pointless to get hacked at this stage. Cata's coming out and I'm getting prepared for it.

only stupid people get hacked so i feel authenticators for games shouldnt be required

You can have no addons at all and still get hacked easily without an authenticator (happened to a lot of people). I wouldn't say "only stupid people", I'd point my finger at those that go the "buy gold" websites and "we level characters for X price" and "Congrats we're giving away Beta codes just visit this website here!".

I got hacked because I updated an addon IceHUD from Matrix (whatever) and I learned my lesson. Apparently Matrix somehow doesn't have a restricted addon upload to the legit makers so almost anyone can upload the same addon with a "new version" and have a keylogger in the file(s). Dropped that Matrix program and started using curse.com since it's easier and restricted to legit addon makers.

yea you were stupid and used a non secure source for a mod. That would be a sound basis for calling someone stupid. Not to say you didnt hopefully learn a lesson, but still wowace and for the most part curse are the sites most people get their mods from deviating from those norms is risky and stupid.

Thus i feel my statement holds true since peoples accounts arent being targeted and brutefoced

Yea I was stupid for not noticing what Matrix really did and not having an authenticator off hand first. But would you level me with the same group of people that click on those websites or try to purchase gold or whatever? .... No. You wouldn't. I thought "Oh well I never got hacked, won't happen to me" This is why you NEED an authenticator. Otherwise, don't be a little bitch when you get hacked "But but but" Where was your authenticator? ... Blizzard already has three different options, two of them which are free and the other one you pay for a real one they make and they send it to you. You need one if you care about your account.

WoW is the #1 game besides being an MMO, of course you're going to get targeted just like everyone else whether you use addons, visit websites or not.

[Sosseres]

WoW is the #1 game besides being an MMO, of course you're going to get targeted just like everyone else whether you use addons, visit websites or not.

All to true, even I (never played WoW) get scam mails from people claiming to be blizzard/blizzard support.

[il_duce]

Yea I was stupid for not noticing what Matrix really did and not having an authenticator off hand first. But would you level me with the same group of people that click on those websites or try to purchase gold or whatever?

I certainly would. Sorry, but there are no excuses in your case. You relied too heavily on a third-party software, which wasn't trustworthy. You got what you deserved. I am not saying that it was right that you got hacked, on the contrary I think nobody should get hacked in the first place. However, if you don't even care to check your sources from reliable sites, you'll get hacked sooner or later.

I've personally played since beta and I've never got hacked. That is because I usually keep my common sense with me, only download addons from big sites which scan their products for "additional" files and don't do anything suspicious with my computer. Alas, I'm waiting for the day keyloggers will be introduced to streaming porn sites. Then I'm screwed.

edit:
For additional safety, I think the authenticators are great. I just cannot be arsed to insert a randomly generated code every time I log in. I am too old to change my highly sophisticated password and username writing skillz to a detailed codetyping. I just don't feel that it would improve my safety a lot.

[Tatsujin]

Yea I was stupid for not noticing what Matrix really did and not having an authenticator off hand first. But would you level me with the same group of people that click on those websites or try to purchase gold or whatever?

I certainly would. Sorry, but there are no excuses in your case. You relied too heavily on a third-party software, which wasn't trustworthy. You got what you deserved. I am not saying that it was right that you got hacked, on the contrary I think nobody should get hacked in the first place. However, if you don't even care to check your sources from reliable sites, you'll get hacked sooner or later.

I've personally played since beta and I've never got hacked. That is because I usually keep my common sense with me, only download addons from big sites which scan their products for "additional" files and don't do anything suspicious with my computer. Alas, I'm waiting for the day keyloggers will be introduced to streaming porn sites. Then I'm screwed.

Okay I get people's points. I came back around March of this year and I got hacked like less than a month. I think we can safely drop this topic and focus on the authenticators. You got two nice free services to have an authenticator on your account. But the whole point of this thread is Blizzard made another nice authentication service for free to actually use. My guild actually was harassed with their character names getting reported or their accounts getting hacked, and most of them only use DBM, Omen and similar addons like HealBot. Long story short, some people still on the server don't like the fact that Excelcius is one of the top guilds on the server because of oh-so-drama way back in 2006.

[mgz]

The problem with all authenticators is that they assume the account is something of value. Total value of my account with games included is somewhere around $60. I do not want an authenticator for $60 services. If I did have a wow account it might be different since you actually can gain things of value with that. Having D2, WC3 +TFT and SC2 as an average account means you lose a small amount of money re-buying those things in a worst case scenario. You lose nothing of your play time or other value (unless you spent a lot of time on D2).

If they forced authentication I would never use their official services and would instead look for pirated solutions.

I see authenticators to anything worth less than $1000 as meaningless, worse than that, they take time. I wish all games had the option for auto-login.

My WoW account is worth in thousands, I have two Legendaries (shadowmourne being as one) and some extremely rare items, plus the time I put in, achievements, the guild I'm in and the large reputation I have on my server. I've been hacked twice and they happened to be in less than 48 hours. I made sure it won't happen a third time and I quickly ordered an Authenticator and re-registered my e-mail account to another one with a specific-only-password that I don't use for anything else and I never access that account under any circumstances. I have all the e-mails being sent to that account forwarded to my main one. It's pointless to get hacked at this stage. Cata's coming out and I'm getting prepared for it.

only stupid people get hacked so i feel authenticators for games shouldnt be required

You can have no addons at all and still get hacked easily without an authenticator (happened to a lot of people). I wouldn't say "only stupid people", I'd point my finger at those that go the "buy gold" websites and "we level characters for X price" and "Congrats we're giving away Beta codes just visit this website here!".

I got hacked because I updated an addon IceHUD from Matrix (whatever) and I learned my lesson. Apparently Matrix somehow doesn't have a restricted addon upload to the legit makers so almost anyone can upload the same addon with a "new version" and have a keylogger in the file(s). Dropped that Matrix program and started using curse.com since it's easier and restricted to legit addon makers.

yea you were stupid and used a non secure source for a mod. That would be a sound basis for calling someone stupid. Not to say you didnt hopefully learn a lesson, but still wowace and for the most part curse are the sites most people get their mods from deviating from those norms is risky and stupid.

Thus i feel my statement holds true since peoples accounts arent being targeted and brutefoced

Yea I was stupid for not noticing what Matrix really did and not having an authenticator off hand first. But would you level me with the same group of people that click on those websites or try to purchase gold or whatever? .... No. You wouldn't. I thought "Oh well I never got hacked, won't happen to me" This is why you NEED an authenticator. Otherwise, don't be a little bitch when you get hacked "But but but" Where was your authenticator? ... Blizzard already has three different options, two of them which are free and the other one you pay for a real one they make and they send it to you. You need one if you care about your account.

WoW is the #1 game besides being an MMO, of course you're going to get targeted just like everyone else whether you use addons, visit websites or not.

no i wouldnt put you on the same level as the retard who gives his account information to "gold sellers"
because you can buy gold completely legit and not worry about your account being "hacked"

Plain and simple its like asking if the functional retard is as stupid as the retard who cant feed itself or wipe itself when it shits.
Obviously not but because hes functionally retarded does that mean hes not retarded? NO.

Same concept but think of yourself as functionally retarded.

[Tatsujin]

The problem with all authenticators is that they assume the account is something of value. Total value of my account with games included is somewhere around $60. I do not want an authenticator for $60 services. If I did have a wow account it might be different since you actually can gain things of value with that. Having D2, WC3 +TFT and SC2 as an average account means you lose a small amount of money re-buying those things in a worst case scenario. You lose nothing of your play time or other value (unless you spent a lot of time on D2).

If they forced authentication I would never use their official services and would instead look for pirated solutions.

I see authenticators to anything worth less than $1000 as meaningless, worse than that, they take time. I wish all games had the option for auto-login.

My WoW account is worth in thousands, I have two Legendaries (shadowmourne being as one) and some extremely rare items, plus the time I put in, achievements, the guild I'm in and the large reputation I have on my server. I've been hacked twice and they happened to be in less than 48 hours. I made sure it won't happen a third time and I quickly ordered an Authenticator and re-registered my e-mail account to another one with a specific-only-password that I don't use for anything else and I never access that account under any circumstances. I have all the e-mails being sent to that account forwarded to my main one. It's pointless to get hacked at this stage. Cata's coming out and I'm getting prepared for it.

only stupid people get hacked so i feel authenticators for games shouldnt be required

You can have no addons at all and still get hacked easily without an authenticator (happened to a lot of people). I wouldn't say "only stupid people", I'd point my finger at those that go the "buy gold" websites and "we level characters for X price" and "Congrats we're giving away Beta codes just visit this website here!".

I got hacked because I updated an addon IceHUD from Matrix (whatever) and I learned my lesson. Apparently Matrix somehow doesn't have a restricted addon upload to the legit makers so almost anyone can upload the same addon with a "new version" and have a keylogger in the file(s). Dropped that Matrix program and started using curse.com since it's easier and restricted to legit addon makers.

yea you were stupid and used a non secure source for a mod. That would be a sound basis for calling someone stupid. Not to say you didnt hopefully learn a lesson, but still wowace and for the most part curse are the sites most people get their mods from deviating from those norms is risky and stupid.

Thus i feel my statement holds true since peoples accounts arent being targeted and brutefoced

Yea I was stupid for not noticing what Matrix really did and not having an authenticator off hand first. But would you level me with the same group of people that click on those websites or try to purchase gold or whatever? .... No. You wouldn't. I thought "Oh well I never got hacked, won't happen to me" This is why you NEED an authenticator. Otherwise, don't be a little bitch when you get hacked "But but but" Where was your authenticator? ... Blizzard already has three different options, two of them which are free and the other one you pay for a real one they make and they send it to you. You need one if you care about your account.

WoW is the #1 game besides being an MMO, of course you're going to get targeted just like everyone else whether you use addons, visit websites or not.

no i wouldnt put you on the same level as the retard who gives his account information to "gold sellers"
because you can buy gold completely legit and not worry about your account being "hacked"

Plain and simple its like asking if the functional retard is as stupid as the retard who cant feed itself or wipe itself when it shits.
Obviously not but because hes functionally retarded does that mean hes not retarded? NO.

Same concept but think of yourself as functionally retarded.

There are bad gold sites out there with key loggers. I don't know how it works but it happened before.

No matter how poor I used to be, I never went to those sites. Oh, I remember those days of being poor ... but now ... it's different.

[tomoya-kun]

This work for SCII?

[mgz]

fucked up thing is ive bought gold once for my epic flying on my main toon. I was broke cuz i gave my account to a friend for like a year when i quit and was 70 when i came back and needed flying.

After i had epic flying i more then tripled the amount of gold i bought and had 10kg sitting on my toon when i quit again when sunwell came out.  That 10kg sponsored my alts in wotlk.

I quit wow again like 3 months ago. Ill prolly not touch it again since diablo 3 should be out within another year or so. So i currently have 2 good geared chars (havent played them in a bit) but they are just sitting there wasting both ICC geared in multiple specs lol Warrior tank/dps(not the greatest dps but definately not bad)

And DK dps/dps/tank(i have a few dps sets and pretty solid tank gear)
ive been playing since a lil before aq40 came out on and off in roughly 1 year increments. give or take like 2 or 3 months.
And a shaman that ive leveled like 5 times since they came out with shamans for alliance the guy who i let play my account leveled it to like 63 before i came back to wow and i just hate mana so much lol.

[boxer4]

Knock on wood, I've not been hacked yet either, though I've been around since open beta.  This is despite the fact that I think two factor authentication (e.g. Authenticator) is simply a pain, I carry enough stuff in my pockets.  I don't even have two factor on my bank account...

I'm glad someone has admitted to buying WoW gold... This still has to be stopped to reduce the hacking.  I'm somewhat paranoid now as my account has enough gold attained by quests/drops/auction house to fund 30 epic fliers now(my 8 80s have epic flying already, too)... And thus would be a jackpot for a hacker looking for quick gold to sell to a gold buyer, dirty or not... (Blizzard made getting gold almost too easy IMHO yet people still buy??? I suppose just impatience...)

My bnet id is unique, and I run WoW in a slightly 1-off operating system (the 'unsupported' WoW OS), don't do questionable stuff on my WoW machine, and monitor suspicious activity carefully... Hope this is enough to not need two factor and still ward off hackers...

[mgz]

yea its really not hard to not get hacked. Only use long time trusted sites like wowace and curse for your mods and be careful even on curse because occasionally a trojan slips in.
I have a 10 digit password so yea its kinda long it used to be longer.
Use noscript or something similar with your browser then it dont matter if you click trojan downloading links from your email shit wont happen.


Like i said you really have to be fucking stupid to get "hacked", there is only a few ways for it to happen. Things like authenticators can now be bypassed quite easily (amazing the people who steal your shit created innovations) depending on how you fucked up.
Realistically avoiding getting your account hacked is about as easy as not getting viruses on your comp. Dont be stupid and it generally wont happen.

and @ boxer, people dont get targeted like i said. They just prey on the stupid so if you fall for your traps you almost deserved it.