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I believe Blizzard makes you supply a scanned copy of your state issued identification in order to get a password reset.
by RKearney 14y ago
I believe Blizzard makes you supply a scanned copy of your state issued identification in order to get a password reset.
- Shank 14y agoThis is only to remove an authenticator. I just changed my password and it didn't even send a confirmation email to confirm the change - it just changed it and sent me a notification email.
- larrik 14y agoReset password, not change password.
- mattdeboard 14y agoThis is true. Blizzard is unbelievably strict about their account reclamation process. Several years ago I tried to access an account that had been in my ex-wife's name. When I told them that the ex-wife and I weren't in contact, they asked for a copy of the divorce decree, or separation paperwork, or whatever. Seriously. Of course this was in the 2008 timeframe so maybe things have changed/loosened up since then.
- lawnchair_larry 14y agoNo, that is only if you fail the hint question. If you don't know the hint question, they revert to scanned ID. Tried it a few weeks ago.
- Splines 14y agoThis sort of thing kind of bothers me. Is Blizzard in the business of verifying state-issued identification? What prevents me from photoshopping my target's name on top of my own ID?
- riffraff 14y agoI'm not sure how ID cards work across the globe but usually they have some code on them that is supposed to be unique. So you would have to scan your name _and_ the other data, which you would not trivially know. (Yes, I understand that there are ways to get those too)
- roc 14y ago> "(Yes, I understand that there are ways to get those too)" And at the point that someone can get a passable fake ID in your name, you have far bigger problems than their social-hacking an online service account.