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The black-market value of a WoW account is actually higher than a working credit card number, somewhere around $10, last I heard. I still believe it is appalli
by illumin8 16y ago
The black-market value of a WoW account is actually higher than a working credit card number, somewhere around $10, last I heard.
I still believe it is appalling that banks don't even do the bare minimum to protect accounts. My retirement account with all of my 401k money in it is only protected by a 6-digit NUMERIC PIN. This is ridiculous.
- daeken 16y agoThis is due, at least in part, to the fact that it's considerably easier to track down card thieves, whereas Blizzard is largely focused just on getting the accounts back in working order for their customers (and, as mentioned in this article, preventing them from being stolen in the first place).
- erikano 16y agoI live in Norway - in my bank, I have to enter my social security number, an alpha-numeric password that I picked and a one-time code. I also have to enter a new one-time code each time I perform a transaction. And, of course they use 256-bit AES encrypted SSL all the way. Suffice to say, I feel quite secure.
- acdha 16y agoPIN length is the wrong area to focus on. The two questions to ask are whether they block failed guesses and require out of band confirmation for major actions like transferring funds.