Comments on: Blizzard Authenticator – Account Security is NOW!!!

By: Sfinx

Sfinx — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:54:08 +0000

We used to use SecurID at work, and it was a good system. Now we use a gridcard type authentication. It’s basically a bingo card that is customized to each employee, and when you try to log on the system asks you for 3 answers from tha card. Pretty simple and cheap.

But I digress, this is awesome service for Blizzard to implement. it’s a high-tech solution, but I can’t help but feel that this is something that should be included.

By: one among many

one among many — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:07:38 +0000

Hey Boss, good post but you’re leaving this little Phinnigan confuzzled. Blizzard’s announcement still tells us that this is a physical device (dongle if you will) to be plugged in. Further information from the index page talks about what it is and how much it will cost.

Can you give us a source for your information on SecurID and how you know it wont be an actual device? (or am I reading your edits incorrectly?)

Thanks sir,
Phinn

By: Anglachel

Anglachel — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:30:24 +0000

I wants one… i just hope they ship to south america…

By: sylus

sylus — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:54:42 +0000

“I too use SecureID at work. It’s nice, but as Coriel pointed out in Blessing of Kings – some of the end game raiders tend to share accounts. There are 2 other people who know my account info, and I know a couple of others also. We use it to share farming – my friend has an herbalist druid with epic flying… you can’t do better than that. I have a miner with epic flying mount, and I have a skinner. So, we share.
With this system, I would have to actually call them whenever I wanted to use my account and hope I could input the secureID number before it expired. My token at work resets every 30 seconds I believe.
Maybe if they have a way to associate multiple tokens with 1 account it would be nice – especially with so many girlfriend/boyfriend or husband/wife teams who play.”-Raynmaker

As Raynmaker points out, this will be good for Blizzard, as they have a policy for account sharing. Gone are those days for those that use the new system!

By: Artorin

Artorin — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:43:17 +0000

This sounds great…. but what happens when my daughter picks it off my desk and it disappears…. hmmm. Well more to think about

By: Raynmaker, Alevas (Uther)

Raynmaker, Alevas (Uther) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:29:40 +0000

I too use SecureID at work. It’s nice, but as Coriel pointed out in Blessing of Kings – some of the end game raiders tend to share accounts. There are 2 other people who know my account info, and I know a couple of others also. We use it to share farming – my friend has an herbalist druid with epic flying… you can’t do better than that. I have a miner with epic flying mount, and I have a skinner. So, we share.
With this system, I would have to actually call them whenever I wanted to use my account and hope I could input the secureID number before it expired. My token at work resets every 30 seconds I believe.
Maybe if they have a way to associate multiple tokens with 1 account it would be nice – especially with so many girlfriend/boyfriend or husband/wife teams who play.

By: Barona

Barona — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:20:23 +0000

I use SecureID at work and it is a very robust, very easy to use system. Yes, as people mention above it is possible to hack it, but much *MUCH* more difficult than the current setup.

This is an EXCELLENT idea from Blizzard, and to be honest, an unexpected one. But I shall be getting one as soon as possible. I have seen too many people get hacked and destroyed.

By: Kheldar

Kheldar — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:53:33 +0000

yeah sounds good. i use securid at work to access the servers when away from the office.

works fine – although not sure what happens if u lose or break the keyfob…

By: Blood Elf Chicks

Blood Elf Chicks — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:06:00 +0000

You won’t need to buy two. It says on the Q&A that you can associate one authenticator to more than one account. Of course, it might be a bit inconvenient if you and Cass needs to play in different location…

By: Kinzlayer

Kinzlayer — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:04:27 +0000

If they implement the RSA token in the way that my company does when and if you lose your key, you call into the tech center with your personal information and they send you a new token which once you get, you must call in to activate much like your credit card. Of course since you are buying these tokens you will most likely have to buy another token and then call into Blizzard in the same way you would to activate it the first time but you tell them that you lost your token and they go through the whole are-you-really-the-right-person routine which I hope they have taken into account in their service. I’m sure there will be so many lost token that they may need a whole new service department to work this.