Blizzard Sued Over Battle.net Authentication

An anonymous reader writes "A man has initiated a class-action suit against Blizzard over a product used to shore up Battle.net security. Benjamin Bell alleges that Blizzard's sale of Authenticators — devices that enable basic two-tier authentication — represents deceptive and unfair additional costs to their basic games. (Blizzard sells the key fob versions for $6.50, and provides a free mobile app as an alternative. Neither are mandatory.) The complaint accuses Blizzard of making $26 million in Authenticator sales. In response, Blizzard made a statement refuting some of the complaint's claims and voicing their intention to 'vigorously defend' themselves."

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Surprised?

[emkyooess]

They don't even have case sensitivity on their passwords. Compromised accounts drive additional sales, including the fobs.

Re:1. It is a standard tradition on slashdot

[drinkypoo]

Vasco sells in bulk for 6.50

As soon as you provide a citation showing that's what Blizzard is paying Vasco, preferably a receipt or contract, then you will have something useful to say. You don't, QED you should STFU. As usual, anonymous coward is anonymous and cowardly because it knows the value of its comment is zero.