Why the Optional Blizzard Authenticator will Become Quite Mandatory
Blizzard announced a new tool in the arsenal of measures to combat account theft, their authenticator. In short, you buy the authenticator for a small sum of money, tie it to one or more Blizzard game accounts, and from then on, whenever you want to log in, you will be prompted to type in not just your username and password, but also a short authentication code.
Broken Toys on Pierce vs Deboneville Lawsuit
For people living on the moon, Broken Toys is the blog of one of the earliest MMOG commentators out there, Scott Jennings (formerly known as Lum the Mad). He has recently posted and reported about the latest lawsuit in the ever-growing charade surrounding IGE’s past and present activities. It appears that the sleazier fringes of [...]
The Bastard is everywhere
Even in my Aksimet moderation queue.
Caught the bastard, though. And no, I have no second thoughts about publishing the bastard’s IP.
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Gold Spam in the Blogger part of the WoW Blogosphere
Within 24 hours, several of our blogging peers have reported being hit by gold ads in their comments, and have therefore tightened the requirements for commenting.
Unfortunately, where Gmail shines with its rather strong antispam mechanisms, Blogger currently has little to offer in terms of automation.
For those wondering how things are on WordPress, here is how [...]
How to Improve your Account Security
As you will have noticed, there’s a widespread account hacking activity going on at the moment, and many people, me included, aren’t exactly happy about the customer service options currently provided by Blizzard.
However, to be perfectly clear about one thing, keeping your PC secure isn’t anybody but your own business. And as this story from [...]
Blessing of Silence
Levelling a young alt? Fed up with the constant invites to get spammed by level 1 orc warriors? At long last, Blizzard has taken action.
Says Drysc:
We applied a small hotfix early this morning to include an additional restriction to trial accounts.
Trial accounts may no longer invite players to a party. They can still, however; [...]
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