Re: Possible solution to losing items to account hackers

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From: Polarhound
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:00

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On 3/28/2011 1:46 PM, John Gordon wrote:
> I've been playing Rift a little bit.  I don't really like it that much so
> far, but I'm giving it a chance.
>
> Anyway, one new feature they just introduced is called "Coin Lock", and
> it's intended as a protection against losing items/gold to account thieves.
>
> 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.
>

If they can get software onto your system to steal your Rift account, 
adding an email skimmer/logger is no large feat.  This includes any sort 
of webmail of which malware could be easily set up to recognize on the 
screen.

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