SMS Account Authentication

[guineapig]

Sounds good.

[greatdane]

Originally Posted by Uthgaard [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you think we don't get spam bots or gold farmers, you're mistaken. If we wanted your personal info, we could already have it - just ask anyone who's threatened the server. It's a phone number for a text, not a social security number, and as has already been pointed out, you don't even have to have a real phone to get the text. Anyone who can take the amount of effort to type an entire paragraph, should first take the same amount of time to read the entire thread and find all of the paranoia has already been addressed.

I did read the thread, every post of it, and I still don't see why this has to be required with no opt-out. It's not paranoia, it's a practical issue. I'm just worried about not being able to play. I can't receive texts from outside my country. I'm not being a whiny bitch, it's shit like this:

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You don't realize how common that sort of thing is when you're not subjected to it. I'd seriously rather play without account security than having to go through the considerable trouble of verifying my RL existence to strangers across the globe. It's awesome that you're willing to go to these lengths to provide a security service to your players, but I just don't see why it has to be mandatory, or why it can't be conducted in a way that doesn't rule out certain people. I guess I could go ask one of my colleagues if I can use his phone to make a call from Denmark to the United States so some people will let me play on their emulated Everquest server, but I'm not loving that idea either. Isn't there a less awkward alternative? Skype or something?

[Akim]

Originally Posted by Dravik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think its a great idea! Good work.

[Agecroft]

Originally Posted by Dravik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think its a great idea! Good work.

[Webwolf]

I think it's an awesome idea provided it works for everyone across the globe, if not then make it an optional (but recommend) feature and require an alternative method of verification like a personalized security question if the person chooses to opt out. It would defeat the purpose if people use some obscure service to get the initial authentication text and then have no means to reset their password later.

[Yinaltin]

im just worried that this database can be hacked and informations could be made public . its not like that has not been the case lately with credit card informations and such . see sony and blizzard and whatnot . so i dont want to get spam sms or prank calls or whatever cause someone sold all this phone numbers to a company .
all just theroy but how will u be able to prevent ppl from hacking into this database if even multi billion dollar companies cant offer security with private infos ?

btw i did participate in the cellphone testing also my guild has my phone number as well . i just want to get this statement above cleared for all .

[Raavak]

Originally Posted by Yinaltin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

im just worried that this database can be hacked and informations could be made public . its not like that has not been the case lately with credit card informations and such .number as well .

This is my only concern as well. Otherwise I think its a fantastic idea.

[Webwolf]

You people worry too much. Quit being so paranoid and stop living in fear of everything.

[FAHall]

I currently do not have text service on my phone, nor do I intend to get it in the near future. If I do, my work and "friends" will be texting me non-stop with worthless things I don't want to know about. It's a level of connectivity that I want to avoid.

If I were to create a new account with P99, how would this new setup affect someone like me?

What would the workaround be for those that do not have txt messaging?


Thanks,
-Alex

[xshayla701]

Sorry if I missed this, but who exactly will have access to the phone numbers?

Also,

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Character deletions aren't even permanent, and are very easy to restore.

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