Re: Possible solution to losing items to account hackers

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From: Neil Cerutti
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:00

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On 2011-03-28, John Gordon <gor...@panix.com> wrote:
> When you log in from an unfamilar IP address your account gets
> coin locked, which means you cannot get rid of any items or
> gold.  You can't sell, buy, trade, or destroy anything.
>
> A confirmation email is sent to your registered email address
> which contains a custom link to the rift website page for
> removing the coin lock from your account.
>
> It seems like a neat idea.

I agree that's an excellent design. It wouldn't work with the
current insecure design of user names at Blizzard, though.

-- 
Neil Cerutti
"What we really can learn from this is that bad accounting can yield
immense imaginary profits." --Klepsacovic

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From: Neil Cerutti <ne...@norwich.edu>
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Subject: Re: Possible solution to losing items to account hackers
Date: 28 Mar 2011 18:00:22 GMT
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