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Vault_News  Title: 0110011010
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Registered: 2005-10-18 12:53:17
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Date Posted:
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Battle.net Authenticator Changes |
Zarhym posted:
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If you use an authenticator ? and we hope you do ? you may soon notice that an authenticator prompt may not appear with every login. We?ve recently updated our authentication system to intelligently track your login locations, and if you?re logging in consistently from the same place, you may not be asked for an authenticator code. This change is being made to make the authenticator process less intrusive when we?re sure the person logging in to your account is you.
We hope to continue improving the authenticator system to ensure the same or greater security, while improving and adding features to make having one a more user friendly experience. If you don?t already have a Battle.net Authenticator attached to your account, don?t wait until it?s too late - http://us.battle.net/en/security/checklist
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Rill_of_WE Title: WoW Vault Site Manager
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Registered: 2002-8-6 09:16:33
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Date Posted:
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Hmmm while I like the change for me....I know my brother won't like it. Him and his kids play on the same account with the same authenticator. One of the ways he keeps them from playing when they're not supposed to is the authenticator. If their system just bypasses it....I guess he'll have to start hiding power cords like our mom did heh.
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Spookysheep  Title: Lieker of Cheese
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Registered: 2002-1-9 06:49:19
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Battle.net Authenticator Changes |
Yeah, its definitely less intrusive to have one of your roommates or their buddy hack your computer and no longer need the authenticator as long as it is in the same location from when you last played.
Just when you think blizzard could not get any more retarded.
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Arcilite_I Title: VN's Most Wanted
Posts: 1,260
Registered: 2002-1-27 08:46:24
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Battle.net Authenticator Changes |
Rill_of_WE posted:
Hmmm while I like the change for me....I know my brother won't like it. Him and his kids play on the same account with the same authenticator. One of the ways he keeps them from playing when they're not supposed to is the authenticator. If their system just bypasses it....I guess he'll have to start hiding power cords like our mom did heh.
I made an acct for one of my sons a while back and it gave me the ability to dictate which time(s) he was allowed to log on. It's all under parental controls in the account management area of the site.
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Ugh_Lancelot Title: Ooo...bouncy!
Posts: 766
Registered: 2002-6-17 14:37:05
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Battle.net Authenticator Changes |
I don't care for this change. Too many useful cases where an authenticator is specifically desired to be required each and every login regardless of location. I thought they already had a system that "learned" your normal IP and would only prompt you when away from that IP?
Vault_News posted:
If you use an authenticator ? and we hope you do ? you may soon notice that an authenticator prompt may not appear with every login. We?ve recently updated our authentication system to intelligently track your login locations, and if you?re logging in consistently from the same place, you may not be asked for an authenticator code. This change is being made to make the authenticator process less intrusive when we?re sure the person logging in to your account is you.
We hope to continue improving the authenticator system to ensure the same or greater security, while improving and adding features to make having one a more user friendly experience. If you don?t already have a Battle.net Authenticator attached to your account, don?t wait until it?s too late
CTRL+V posted:
If you use an authenticator – and we hope you do – you may soon notice that an authenticator prompt may not appear with every login. We’ve recently updated our authentication system to intelligently track your login locations, and if you’re logging in consistently from the same place, you may not be asked for an authenticator code. This change is being made to make the authenticator process less intrusive when we’re sure the person logging in to your account is you.
We hope to continue improving the authenticator system to ensure the same or greater security, while improving and adding features to make having one a more user friendly experience. If you don’t already have a Battle.net Authenticator attached to your account, don’t wait until it’s too late
Methinks someone has a screwed up ISO character set (or lack of support for same).
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
Subject:
Battle.net Authenticator Changes |
Vault_News posted:
Zarhym posted:
If you use an authenticator - and we hope you do -
Of course you do- more money for j00!
It makes sense from their viewpoint- an authenticator is marketed towards Joe User that doesn't want his idiotic downloading habits and 'password' password to end up with his account being ganked by someone in Korea. They'll be happy to not have to verify the authenticator every time they log in. If you're using it as some other form of security, it's not necessary in the first place, smart & secure passwords, parental controls, /etc. will do the job just fine.
It's just like Facebook using cookies to determine new machine login vs. existing computer.
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Voqar  Posts: 169
Registered: 2001-3-12 10:39:10
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Battle.net Authenticator Changes |
I sorta keep up with news and this came out of nowhere, so several of my guildies were freaking out when they suddenly didn't need to authenticate. I was telling them they were in the process to getting hacked and having their authenticators removed. I'm helpful, or something.
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I made an acct for one of my sons a while back and it gave me the ability to dictate which time(s) he was allowed to log on. It's all under parental controls in the account management area of the site.
Don't be ridiculous. You can't expect people to be personally responsible for their own computers or children, or to use features built-in to OSes for years and years now to control who can access stuff on their PCs. Insanity, I say.
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
Subject:
Battle.net Authenticator Changes |
Spookysheep posted:
Yeah, its definitely less intrusive to have one of your roommates or their buddy hack your computer and no longer need the authenticator as long as it is in the same location from when you last played.
Just when you think blizzard could not get any more retarded.
You should probably pass on the authenticator and save up to get your own place... sounds like you have bigger problems than Blizzard being a big ole meanie.
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Ugh_Lancelot Title: Ooo...bouncy!
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Registered: 2002-6-17 14:37:05
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Date Posted:
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Subject:
Battle.net Authenticator Changes |
HunterTalon posted:
Spookysheep posted:
Yeah, its definitely less intrusive to have one of your roommates or their buddy hack your computer and no longer need the authenticator as long as it is in the same location from when you last played.
Just when you think blizzard could not get any more retarded.
You should probably pass on the authenticator and save up to get your own place... sounds like you have bigger problems than Blizzard being a big ole meanie.
Because realizing a notable portion of the playerbase logs in from dorms or houses with more than one person in them is just CRAZY, AMIRITE?
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Date Posted:
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