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I like the approach some MMOs use: - Provide the printed CD-Key from the game box in full - Provide details about the transaction used to purchase the game (a
by Dayshine 7y ago
I like the approach some MMOs use:
- Provide the printed CD-Key from the game box in full
- Provide details about the transaction used to purchase the game (address, date/time, name)
- Provide names of characters on the accounts
They're not impossible to get if you've compromised someone, but they're far from trivial.
In fact, it's actually very similar to the algorithm-based verification my bank uses...
- popotamonga 7y agoNamecheap just asked me a bunch of questions that anyone with access to my mail could answer (all in invoices)
- pvg 7y agoCuriously, Blizzard had hardware tokens (and later phone authenticator apps) 10+ years ago, before most banks and I kind of want to say 'before most consumer online services in general'. And they had the exact same account recovery hellflow problems everyone else has, just earlier.