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Blizzard Authenticators May Become Mandatory

An anonymous reader writes "WoW.com is reporting that a trusted source has informed them that Blizzard is giving serious consideration to making authenticators mandatory on all World of Warcraft accounts. The authenticators function the same as ones provided by most banks — in order to log in, you must generate a number on the external device. Blizzard already provides a free iPhone app that functions as an authenticator. The source stated, 'it is a virtually forgone conclusion that it will happen.' This comes after large spates of compromised accounts left Bizzard game masters severely backlogged by restoration requests."

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  1. Re:So... by oberondarksoul · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    At present, they don't support playing WoW on Linux. Afterwards, they won't support playing WoW on Linux. If you play, good for you, but they're really not under any obligation to make it work.

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