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After the whole Blizzard and Hong Kong incident yesterday, I tried to delete my Blizzard account. Despite having never submitted a copy of my ID, they're now as
by woutr_be 7y ago
After the whole Blizzard and Hong Kong incident yesterday, I tried to delete my Blizzard account. Despite having never submitted a copy of my ID, they're now asking for one to verify that this is indeed me.
I keep wondering, how will they be able to verify? I didn't use my real name, I used a throwaway email address. So why do they need my ID? I could submitted any ID I want, they still wouldn't know it's me.
This to me just sounds like a ploy to gather government issued information, to delete my account from a stupid game...
During log in, they already verified I own the email, by allowing me to sign in with password and email, and then input a code send to said email address.
- esnard 7y agoDid you ever buy anything on their platform? If so, is it possible they have access to your name via your past money transactions?
- woutr_be 7y agoDon't think I ever bought anything, think I only used it for Hearthstone.
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- TeMPOraL 7y agoThis is ridiculous. So government ID required to delete your account, but if you start spamming offensive messages in the chat, you'll likely get it banned very quickly. I wonder what they'd do if you sent them a clearly fake image of a passport or a driving license, with some swear words in name fields. I wouldn't be surprised if they banned the account. Or what if you put "Sir General Data Protection-Regulation" as your name?