Comments on: Do YOU Authenticate?

By: NPC Comic - Poll Results: Do you authenticate your WoW account?

NPC Comic - Poll Results: Do you authenticate your WoW account? — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:01:55 +0000

[...] couple weeks ago I took a poll of fellow WoW players to see how many are authenticating. The results from this very unscientific poll were encouraging [...]

By: Tinkergret

Tinkergret — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:10:05 +0000

I and my wife share one Authenticator on our two accounts. I was hacked last November and they took everything. Our guild bank was empty, my Bank alt bank was empty, they had invited 50 toons to our guild and most of my toons were naked. It took a week and a half to get my stuff back and our guildmaster put ‘security’ measures in place that effectively made the guild bank useless to me.

So yea I got an authenticator and it had nothing to do with the core hound.

By: Edmar

Edmar — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:01:26 +0000

I don’t use a authenticator. I don’t think it is a necessary measure if you use a security policy about passwords. I use a Mac, and don’t log on my WoW account on others computers. If I do, I change my password. Actually, I change my password often.
If you understand how you can get your password stoled, it is easier to defend yourself. And if you are not a little bit aware of security policies, the authenticator won’t save you. I agree it is a extra door, but not a impenetrable one.
So in my case, the cost/benefit is really low. Although the pet is awesome.

By: NPC Comic - Be a Nerd in Public

NPC Comic - Be a Nerd in Public — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:01:17 +0000

[...] nerdy” comment. We even have a closet WoW-player reading the comic, as evidenced in the comments on a recent [...]

By: zargoth

zargoth — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:43:38 +0000

Not goining to get one. also like the one loge-in name more then the e-mail adress one. but playing now for a x amount of years.. and not bin hacked yet so… i havet though about. plus the last year i started playing less and less so the pet is not a motivation to get one. i so miss the old bg premade days…. hoop they will get it back in the next expansion… but will see

By: Jippen Faddoul

Jippen Faddoul — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:48:57 +0000

I got one, as soon as the authenticator came out for android phones. Didn’t see much point in paying for and carrying around an extra device, when I had a smartphone I carried around everywhere.

I will admit to pangs of annoyance, however, when I go to log into WoW, and realize my phone is in my jacket, or in the bedroom, or whatever.

By: Thistlefizz

Thistlefizz — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:48:20 +0000

As soon as they released the authenticator iPhone App I was all over it. The pet that came later was just a nice bonus.

By the by I know I’m a little late to the party with this comment but I wanted to say that I’m really loving your new art style. Keep up the good work!

By: Closet WoW Girl

Closet WoW Girl — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:42:57 +0000

Well, I really, really want the corehound pup pet, but don’t feel the need for an authenticator for myself. I would never share my account info, and I only use my own Mac, run my virus updates, and try to be vigilant about safe browsing, etc.

Plus, besides the minor inconvenience of an extra log-in step, being forced to use the keychain thing is a major obstacle for me. I am one of the few, the proud, who still has a cell phone that only makes phone calls (ok, it also texts), so I would have no choice but to get the keychain thing. This is a problem, since I am a closet WoW-er, and would hate to have to keep anything emblazoned with Warcraft graphics lying out and about, just waiting to be noticed. Yes, I am that paranoid. I can’t help it.

By: Tygrezz

Tygrezz — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:30:24 +0000

Sorry, I read it wrong.

By: Tygrezz

Tygrezz — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:29:39 +0000

This is something I would like as well – see above. I know other parents who share with their kids. And I know that kids are more likely to give out their passwords to their friends who are in turn more likely to get the bright idea one day to steal all their friend’s stuff due to a disagreement or “joke”. So an authenticator is crucial in this situation.