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11-12-2012, 07:21 AM
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Blizzard sued over account security aids
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Diablo creator Blizzard is being sued over the security tools it sells to players worried about hack attacks.
Players can buy an "authenticator" from Blizzard which helps to secure accounts on its Battle.net gaming service.
The class action lawsuit filed by Benjamin Bell said it was "unfair" of Blizzard to force people to use Battle.net to play its games. Mr Bell alleges that it has made millions of dollars in profit by selling authenticators to players after they have bought its games. In Europe, the authenticator costs £8.99 (9.99 euros).
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20294807
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11-12-2012, 07:26 AM
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11-12-2012, 07:39 AM
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11-12-2012, 08:14 AM
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Hm? Sorry I was picturing Whore Island.
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I blame Activision.
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11-12-2012, 08:18 AM
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Not really.
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What the fuck.
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11-12-2012, 08:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nebi
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The actual authenticators were like $6.50, or if you've got a smartphone (or felt like running "Bluestacks" the Windows program that lets you run Android apps on your PC), they were free. There was even a third party program you could run in Windows that worked as well, it was free and open source.
http://code.google.com/p/winauth/
So, my final thought to that Benjamin Bell guy? Quit Yer Bitchin.
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11-12-2012, 09:10 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bubkusjones
The actual authenticators were like $6.50, or if you've got a smartphone (or felt like running "Bluestacks" the Windows program that lets you run Android apps on your PC), they were free. There was even a third party program you could run in Windows that worked as well, it was free and open source.
http://code.google.com/p/winauth/
So, my final thought to that Benjamin Bell guy? Quit Yer Bitchin. |
The argument they're using is that the free ones simply do not work adequately and the only method of maintaining a secure Battle.net account is to purchase Blizzard's physical authenticator.
If their argument is valid then they have a case. Is their argument valid? Remains to be seen, but my magic 8-ball says "No".
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11-12-2012, 01:18 PM
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I went to the free one after being hacked, and was always okay after that.
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11-12-2012, 01:26 PM
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This isn't going anywhere but hey it's America, you can sue anyone over anything and they'll look into it.
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11-12-2012, 01:47 PM
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So can you see any MMO now that forces you to play their games on their servers?
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