In my opinion, Blizzard screwed up in regards to safety of their loyal customer accounts. I haven't really looked into it, but it seems I'm hearing more and more about accounts being hacked now than I was when BC came out, pre-BC, etc. Ever since this merge with Battle.net, there are more and more phishing attempts, accounts lost, and securty problems. Why? For one thing, the requied emails to log-in.
As a personal safety precaution, I've made several emails to avoid exposing my account information, even if I don't visit many fansites, download potentially phising programs to change interface, let alone forum sites, or purchase gold or anything related to WoW that isn't officially from Blizzard. Not many people change out their emails and they just use one email that they use for just about everything. Its also a possibility that people make an email for multiple hosts, such as yahoo.com or gmail.com, and keep it the same. For example, emailbox@gmail.com and emailbox@yahoo.com or horde@inbox.com and horde@yahoo.com. Whatever.
There are arguements, though, that these phishing attempts are only by gold sellers and such. Other's say its not cause they wouldn't hack their customers. Its a possibilty though.... cause you purchase the gold, they hack you and take back the gold and just recycle it out. Whether they get traced back and banned, they still get to keep the money earned and have several other ways to resupply with gold to keep on going with their business. People don't want to believe its someone from their own guild when they sign up for guild forums that usually require you to provide an email so they can send a verification link. A download from an add-on or something may carry a keylogger program or anything harmful to monitor your system. A friend or ex might even go as far as to give out your information to people they think they can trust or if you get into a fight. But that is too common of a reason. Yadda yadda. So many different scenarios that people don't really think about and some that are far too common of thought.
Anyway... Blizzard really needs to get something taken care of in regards to all these security issues. They also need to step it up a notch with these damn GMs... I've had a ticket up for 6 days!!!
Stay safe with your accounts people! Get an authenticator if you have to. Get it from the blizzard store. And make sure you check all your redirect URLs when you click on links and such. Make sure they are sending you to the right place. In the URL bar you should see www.blizzard.com, not www.blizzardz.com or whatever. READ IT! Take caution. Don't give out any of your information. blah blah blah. Happy Gaming!
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