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Blizzard Rolls Out Real ID Privacy Options

Posted by Soulskill on from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

tacarat writes "The last time Blizzard mentioned their new Real ID system, there was a strong backlash from users over privacy issues. Blizzard reconsidered their plans to require real names for forums, and little has been heard about it since. Now, they've announced new privacy settings, allowing users to limit how their name gets shared or to disable the system entirely. Quoting: 'These options provide Real ID users with additional tools for customizing the service based on their preferences, enabling the ability to opt in or out of the Real ID "Friends of Friends" and "Add Facebook Friends" features or to turn off Real ID altogether.'"

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  1. Just who is hosting AOTS these days? by LostCluster · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here's another web board gone wrong... G4TV's Forums After aquiring TechTV and then banning anybody who posted they wanted Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton back on The Screen Savers, they had a mess of a forum trying to sell their current programming, which was unlike anything either the video game centric G4 or tech business channel TechTV had aired in the past.

    Now, it's a banning offense to claim that Olivia Munn is not the host of Attack of the Show, despite the fact she's made more appearances this year on NBC promoting her upcoming role on a sitcom called Perfect Couples and as a correspondent on The Daily Show. Yep, that's right... there's been an endless series of female guest hosts "filling in" for her ever since the network's E3 specials. Sorry, airing the Stand Up For Cancer event that she was a part of, to promote her NBC series, doesn't count.

    Why can't they admit she's moved on to bigger and better things and promote the people that actually are the future of their network?