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Originally Posted by Lazortag
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I'm a bit concerned because not too long ago someone was able to hack into the database and start deleting characters... what if someone hacked into eqemu and was able to find out my phone number? Sorry if I don't fully understand how it works.
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False Statement. Nobody hacked the database. You're talking about an injection that let someone delete characters via an exploit that was originally designed to erase only reserved names. Don't you think if someone really had access to the database that they would have done far worse than that?
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Originally Posted by Felwithemagi
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Disagree. I prefer not to give out my phone number to anyone.
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You aren't giving it out to just anyone. You are entering it into a private database so that we can verify who you are.
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Originally Posted by Felwithemagi
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The assumption that everyone gives out their number is false.
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I never said "everyone". I said
most people. If you are hanging out with friends of friends and they want to grab your number to contact you, you're telling me you won't give it to them? In some ways that's less secure than what I am proposing to do, what's to stop your friends from giving your number out to others? At least here you have some guarantee that we won't divulge that information.
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Originally Posted by Felwithemagi
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You have 100 other methods of verifying who I am
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None of which are unique enough to you or secure enough.
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Originally Posted by Felwithemagi
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I will pay for a fob or a software based key gen if needed.
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Are you going to pay the $1,000+ it costs for the backend system required to operate the key fobs?
It has become clear to us that email is inadequate. People lose email addresses easily, whether they lose it because they forget the login or it was with a provider or business that no longer exists. Phone numbers are much more likely to stay with someone.