I know that what u see here at first glance is a wall of text, but please take the time to read if you are ever concerned about the safety of your battle.net account.

I am warning you guys because 2 of my friends got hacked (both without authenticators) and i almost got hacked as well (and i did not have an authenticator at the time, but now i do, after reading a brief article about how the system actually works)


i just got an authenticator and it's gg

it's unhackable, and there's 5 reasons why:

1) the authenticator code changes every minute
2) once u have used that code to log in, it becomes invalid
3) each authenticator code has a unique 14 digit long (including numbers and alphabets) serial number that is only unique to your account only
4) the authenticator code itself is 6 digits longs
5) this type of security system is widely used in real life organizations such as casinos, government, etc. etc.

all the proof and source u need to know is posted below all in one link

http://seewhatyoudidthere.com/2010/02/18/how-the-blizzard-authenticators-work-and-why-you-want-one/




also i just got myself an authenticator app on the mobile phone and i've seen it for myself. it is the most robust system i have ever witnessed and i give blizzard a round of applause.

i almost got hacked too, and i've already posted that on this thread:

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=62737306&f=68




here's the picture of what the authenticator looks like:



the blue bar below the code is the timer that indicates when to reset and provide a new authenticator code. it does this automatically no matter where u are or what u are doing.
it is a flawless system.





im not trying to suck blizzard's dick. please don't get me wrong. i like dicks but i won't suck just anyone's dick

i am trying to suck all ur dicks by trying to reassure u that this authenticator system is flawless and those stories about how they were hacked even with the authenticator are lies.

one key to note is this:

WHEN YOU ARE APPLYING FOR THE AUTHENTICATOR ON THE BLIZZARD WEBSITE, IT GIVES YOU AN OPTION WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUIRE AN AUTHENTICATOR CODE FOR EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU LOG IN. YOU MUST, AND I REPEAT, MUST CHECK THIS AND HAVE IT REQUIRE AN AUTHENTICATOR WHENEVER YOU WISH TO LOG IN.

This option is unchecked BY DEFAULT

I believe that if people were telling the truth about getting hacked regardless of their authenticator, they did not have this option checked, and that is the ONLY possible explanation.












also, younha is beautiful.

This post was edited by Firaga on May 28 2012 03:48am

The code doesn't change every minute on mine, it changes once every ten seconds.

This post was edited by kRuxx on May 28 2012 03:43am

well even better for you

i think it's like 10 seconds for me too

i wanted to exagerate a little bit

but my point is still there

any 1 know if the ones on evilbay are the same?

I have one, still hate it.

Why would you hate it? You can make it so that it doesn't prompt you to type in the code when you log into games, it will however still ask you for it if you're using a different IP.

at least u will never be hacked



idk what evilbay is

im sorry, would like to answer ur question but i would be lying if i said i knew

EvilBAY

Blizzard Blue quote

"If you have the physical or mobile authenticator (both of which major banks use and charge $30+ for) the chances of you being compromised are very, very small. I've personally examined the MSInfo files of nearly all of the handful of WoW players who have actually been compromised through an authenticator, and the sheer number of backdoor programs and other malware on their systems has been mind boggling. Probably not coincidentally, these same people were also running a disturbing number of file-sharing and download programs, including ones which are commonly known to not be safe. "


It is possible to be hacked with an authenticator, it's just hard.

This post was edited by Funkymonk93 on May 28 2012 04:36am

lol@ saying hes examined the MSinfo files and found alot of backdoors and malware from that ~