Quote Originally Posted by drarkan View Post
Why opt out? It marks your computer as being safe. If a hacker uses even IP masking its still missing your computer ID to make it safe. I know this cause my laptop is on the same IP as my desktop when I'm at home and I still needed to enter the authenticator the first time on it after I cleared it on my desktop. Now hackers can't use keyloggers to use your authenticator.
I already replied why at the top of this page. It doesn't matter how safe others feel or think this is, why can't
Blizzard respect my decision to not want to automatically opt into something they believe is the best thing
security-wise? People who don't want to use Real ID get to opt out, why can't I get a simple check box under
my account settings to "always require authenticator code"?
Quote Originally Posted by Lax View Post
You entered the code, they have something like 10-11 minutes to exploit it. They can wipe out everything you had on your account, and you'll stare at the screen asking why you can't log into WoW at all.
10 - 11 minutes was from my initial testing of how long auth codes lasted. Now, an auth code is valid for
approximately 2 minutes to use on the website and approximately 30 seconds to use to log into the game.