Guild Wars 2

beafnuts.7960:

they really should invest in the same system (or similar) that blizzard uses to protect accounts. i havent had a single issue (knock on wood haha) since i’ve gotten mine back when it first came out (years ago) so i’m sure its safe to say it is a working system.

e-mail authorization is similar. Perhaps not quite as strong, but still reasonable secure. It’s just not foolproof.

The measure is already in place: e-mail authorization. So long as your e-mail is secure, nobody can gain access to your account without your authorization. (If you have Gmail, enabling two-step verification is suggested – it causes a code to be sent to your cell phone whenever an unauthorized IP tries to access your account)

Maybe they need to make the content of the e-mail more clear, however, as it seems pretty easy for people to just go “Huh, that’s a legit e-mail. Guess it’s safe to click the link” rather than thinking about the potential danger.

I’ve also heard that some people don’t have e-mail authorization enabled, and have never even once gotten the prompt to enable it. It might be that a button needs to be added to our account options, here on the web site, to enable it properly, in the case that you don’t get the prompt.

Perhaps it would also be wise to expand on the Account Security tab in our account options, to give us the option of manually choosing which IP addresses are automatically authorized for account access. Just in case.

You might want to check urbandictionary, but I have to say… saying that the name is inappropriate might be a stretch.