Tag Archives: Account Security
Real ID and Parental Controls
As you may recall, I was unable to turn off my parental controls that I had previously enabled, as that was previously the only way to disable Real ID when it was first implemented.
I contacted customer service and […] Continue Reading →
Miscellaneous Points on a Saturday
Bunch of junk that didn’t really fit anywhere… and… go!
Real IDHoly crappo, this is a good thing. Now you can opt-out of friend-of-friend and facebook and still use Real ID – or opt out of Real ID […] Continue Reading →
No, I couldn’t just pull out the corehound
Proving to one’s GM that one has an authenticator is a perfect opportunity for smartassery.[…] Continue Reading →
Young Lady, you will not use that Newfangled “Real Eye Dee”
In order to address the addon security flaw that would allow addons to datamine my real name via Real ID, though I have no Real ID friends, I switched on parental controls and disabled Real ID. I had been trying […] Continue Reading →
A quick refresher on Real ID: It’s BAD
I wrote about this before – so no point in rehashing. Real ID is being implemented exactly as it was proposed months ago, with the same security concerns.
Read what this feature does. If you are feeling a bit […] Continue Reading →
Monday Haiku: Hackers
Real ID: Dear Readers, Please Don’t.
I’m sure you’ve seen, or will see, the Real ID FAQ – here it is on wow.com. I’m sorry to say that, beyond the practical problems of being unable to hide on an alt or the risk of hacking, […] Continue Reading →
In-game Mail Scams! Will they never quit?
There are some insidious folk sending mail as Breanni, trying to get you to click a link.
But wait, there’s more! Within our guild, we’ve seen them spam the bad link to guildies via in-game-mail using the name of […] Continue Reading →
