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Dail-in Battle.net New Security Feature (free and optional)
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:
--- Quote from: Sosseres on November 11, 2010, 12:55:57 PM ---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.
--- End quote ---
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:
--- Quote from: Tatsujin on November 11, 2010, 04:42:19 PM ---
--- Quote from: Sosseres on November 11, 2010, 12:55:57 PM ---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.
--- End quote ---
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.
--- End quote ---
only stupid people get hacked so i feel authenticators for games shouldnt be required
Tatsujin:
--- Quote from: mgz on November 11, 2010, 11:32:45 PM ---
--- Quote from: Tatsujin on November 11, 2010, 04:42:19 PM ---
--- Quote from: Sosseres on November 11, 2010, 12:55:57 PM ---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.
--- End quote ---
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.
--- End quote ---
only stupid people get hacked so i feel authenticators for games shouldnt be required
--- End quote ---
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:
--- Quote from: Tatsujin on November 11, 2010, 11:43:23 PM ---
--- Quote from: mgz on November 11, 2010, 11:32:45 PM ---
--- Quote from: Tatsujin on November 11, 2010, 04:42:19 PM ---
--- Quote from: Sosseres on November 11, 2010, 12:55:57 PM ---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.
--- End quote ---
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.
--- End quote ---
only stupid people get hacked so i feel authenticators for games shouldnt be required
--- End quote ---
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.
--- End quote ---
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
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