The authenticator issue is simple for me. I've been gaming and participating in internet fun for well over a decade.

I have NEVER run an antivirus or spyware or etc. I am 100% against them. I have rarely ever had a problem. It's not that I don't do things that get viruses (I used limewire for years, I download the occasional thing commonly associated with viruses etc)

I have never been hacked although I am a guild leader and two of my guild members have been hacked and had our bank cleared out. Both times I got excellent service from blizzard and came out ahead in the long run having some items get replaced that were never lost etc.

I will never get an authenticator. What a waste of my time. It's a game, if I get hacked I'll put in a 30 second ticket requesting a restore. If I don't get it, I'll eventually cancel my subs and move on or just regear cause thats not that big a deal, It's kind of the point of the game... to play it. I've never considered being told I couldn't play wow for a week an inconvenience. That to me sounds like you are to involved.