Email Authentication Game Security Suggestion
I use the google authenticator and have had no issues.
Just to vouch for it: I, too, use the Google Authenticator. I think I’ve been using it for over a year now, and I’ve had no trouble at all with it.
same here, google authenticator is fine afaik
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If you have an authenicator on your email, it’s more secure then not. If someone really wants to get into your stuff, they will find a way. Most of these are to stop the regular hacks that account.
The 3 methods available are fine. This isn’t a bank, and doesn’t need to protect banking information (that’s handled in game when you buy stuff from the store).
For email authentication to fail, your email has to be compromised and if your email is compromised, nothing else matters because they can contact support to unlock your account. If you’re getting random verification emails, note that your login info is compromised, but they’re stopped there if they can’t access your email.
ArenaNet doesn’t need to add anything else and email authentication is actually the superior option. In the past, the average user may have unknowingly accepted an authentication request due to ArenaNet making it a link in the email, but now it’s a code you have to enter into the launcher. What you should be looking at is securing your email. Any decent email provider is going to offer a lot of options, including both SMS and an authenticator, as well as double verifications for unknown devices instead of just the basic IP verification – if you allow GW2 to remember a VPN, everyone on it can bypass your security.