Do Authenticators Dream of Electric Corehounds?
Almost everyone has already heard about it: the horrors of your account being hacked. It may have happened to family members, friends, or even yourself! Getting your account back might be easy enough but as the old saying goes, ‘prevention is better than cure’, and a Battle.net Authenticator is a great form of prevention!
The Authenticator comes in two forms: the Battle.net Authenticator – a physical token which you can add to your keychain or just leave at home next to your PC – and the Battle.net Mobile Authenticator – an app that can be obtained for the iPhone / iPod touch, Android phones and a variety of Java-enabled cellphones.
So what exactly does this little piece of technology do? Will it really help protect your account so that you can finally enjoy a good night’s rest, safe in the knowledge that your gold and epics are secure? While nothing is foolproof, the Authenticator adds an additional layer of security to your account. Once attached to your account you will be prompted to enter a unique, single-use code generated by the Authenticator each time you log into World of Warcraft—in addition to your regular password.
You’ll only need one Authenticator for each Battle.net account, so you can protect several World of Warcraft accounts registered to the same Battle.net account with a single Authenticator. To make things even better you’ll receive an adorable little Corehound Pup companion pet, who will only make the journey to your mailbox when it feels that your account is a safe place to live.
If you feel like you’re a pro when it comes to defending your account against danger then head over to the "The Guardian of Accounts Art Contest".
For more information on the Battle.net Authenticator and account security in general please visit our account security page.
Comments (92)
Scarshield Legion
Hellscream
the island is on the list ! o.-*
Sunstrider
Earthen Ring
Shattered Halls
Silvermoon
Blade's Edge
Eonar
Hellfire
Twilight's Hammer
But I DO think they ship to Greece I know 2 people here who do have the normal ones.
Defias Brotherhood
And love my authenticator, got hacked a couple of times and finally gave into buying one of those clickers. Never had any problems again and feeling a lot safer about my account.
Lightning's Blade
Eonar
Burning Blade
The Sha'tar
In China's case .cn when I performed this on my mail clients as a measure it almost seemed to stop the majority of the spam from the various goldsellers and or account hackers from reaching me. Very rarely does anything of that suspect nature get near my e-mail accounts now.
As for the authenticator buy one. They are relatively cheap. If you can't get them shipped to your country of origin ask someone who can and you know you can trust to send it on to you. I have had my account key-logged once it has never happened since. One other thing is watch your browsing habits on-line and if you are using Firefox use Noscript! on any sites you don't know at least then you have control over what the browser is showing you yes it's annoying at first but it could save you being keylogged!
Emerald Dream
Dentarg
Doomhammer
Since then, I've not bothered with one. I write a password on another computer that is never online, save it to a memory stick, transfer it over to my laptop, then copy and paste every time I need to log in. I also change it at least once every two weeks. And of course I keep my anti-virus up to date.
Problem solved!
The Maelstrom
Doomhammer
Kor'gall
The Maelstrom
@Ferus: I understand why you're glad :) When I bought WoW my Windows (even with firewall off) blocked all Blizzard Ports, and the only thing I could do is to reinstall windows... :D I was planning on to buy a Mac, but I still don't have the money :(
Zenedar
Moonglade
Darksorrow
Steamwheedle Cartel
nice one guys
Agamaggan
The core hound is really cute buy maybe it is a good ide to give the owners every month a little gift so more people will buy it :P
Twisting Nether
No wonder this game is filled with people of less then average intelligence.
"You didn't get hacked, you got keylogged. Getting hacked implies intelligence from the side of the attacker, getting keylogged implies a lack thereof from the side of the victim. "
Ravencrest
Aszune
Twisting Nether
Twisting Nether
Vashj
NO ONE get hacked . Keyloggers and stupidness is the way to get your account TAKEN away from you .
Getting hacked is when a REAL person log onto your computer WHILE it's on and then takes your account information that way . Keyloggers and the way of "logging into real Blizzard sites" is what they use . Finaly another person that share my point of view . I've been loggede once and learned it that way . Because they sure didn't hack me .
@Divinee and Misey , stfu and learn something about hacking/logging ! kkthxbai
Darksorrow
Kor'gall
Kor'gall
Emeriss
Aerie Peak
Twisting Nether
Nagrand
(sorry about the off topic post)!!