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By: “Mo ID, Mo Problems” or “The Great Real ID Debate” « Are We New At This?

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:29:40 +0000

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By: Avatar

Avatar — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:13:22 +0000

I was actually referring to having an authenticator on my account, sorry for the confusion, definitely could have worded that one better. Oh and yes I will be adding you to my real id friends list, will need someone to ask questions as I level up my alts

By: Psynister

Psynister — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:04:31 +0000

And before I forget, my real name is Jason Griffith, and my email address and b.net account is jason_d_griffith@yahoo.com.
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By: Psynister

Psynister — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:03:20 +0000

As far as your friend having a keylogger goes, that still does nothing to compromise your own account. If they happen to capture your email address then they still have to get a keylogger onto your computer before it means anything. If you’re not scanning your computer then it is your own fault you get hacked.

You’re right, “we all” get those spam emails and as such “we should all” delete the flipping things on sight if you don’t already have rules set up to just auto-delete the flipping things.

Every situation sucks if you look at every possible way that it can fail. What if’s only get you so far before they become ridiculous. What if the world blows up tomorrow? Then RealID won’t matter either way!

Could Blizzard have allowed the use of something other than our email address? Sure they could. “CharacterName-Realm-Game” comes to mind right away on that one, it’s a unique ID already since they don’t allow characters of the same name to be created, and since they tie back to your BNetID it’s really not that hard to do it and all you have to do is basically give an armory link and you’re done.

That being said, I still think that the negative reactions to RealID are blown way out of proportion. I’m activating RealID the second I get home from work. Assuming, of course, that they get the freaking realms back up by then.
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By: Avatar

Avatar — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:47:50 +0000

There is also the fact if someone has an authenticator, and knows to scrutinize their email, and/or has good anti-virus that can pick apart phishing emails all make them getting your account slim to none. I just think if people take the right precautions handing out your email and displaying your real name aren’t that big of a deal.

By: Spazmoosifer

Spazmoosifer — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:21:22 +0000

A short addendum to my last comment, the situation that I mentioned is a rather unlikely occurrence, especially with the fact that only one person actually ever has to enter your email address (or you enter theirs). After you get past that first person, you should be relatively safe as far as my obscure situation.
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