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FYI: Guild Wars 2 Mobile Authenticator
« on: October 11, 2012, 11:14:25 PM »
It's in beta, but seems to work

https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/news/Beta-Feature-Mobile-Two-Factor-Authentication

For Android users you'll be using Google's Authenticator.
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Re: FYI: Guild Wars 2 Mobile Authenticator
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2012, 03:10:37 PM »
Great! Everyone should be using 2-factor authentication for every service they can.

Gmail for sure also.

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Re: FYI: Guild Wars 2 Mobile Authenticator
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2012, 04:02:50 PM »
20 years ago I had to work in a vault with a bunch of strangers because there was tech that could remotely read computer monitors and pick up the vibrations from keyboards and typewriters.

Authenticators are just a placebo, they add no real protection, just another layer of something that can wrong due to human error.

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Re: FYI: Guild Wars 2 Mobile Authenticator
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2012, 06:15:22 PM »
420, one question.

Do you lock your doors at night?

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Re: FYI: Guild Wars 2 Mobile Authenticator
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2012, 06:57:51 PM »
420, one question.

Do you lock your doors at night?

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No point, my sleepwalking next door neighbor got evicted and the feeble lock wouldn't keep anyone else out. I half expect the deadbolt to fall out again every time I stick the key in.

About a decade ago I lived in an apartment building with a locked front gate, locked front door, and an on-site building manager. It didn't stop the building's maintenance man from getting maced and beaten by a junkie in the basement. I'm just glad I had the presence of mind not to go down there in my underwear at 4 am to see what all the racket was about.

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Re: FYI: Guild Wars 2 Mobile Authenticator
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2012, 02:23:28 AM »
No point, my sleepwalking next door neighbor got evicted and the feeble lock wouldn't keep anyone else out. I half expect the deadbolt to fall out again every time I stick the key in.

About a decade ago I lived in an apartment building with a locked front gate, locked front door, and an on-site building manager. It didn't stop the building's maintenance man from getting maced and beaten by a junkie in the basement. I'm just glad I had the presence of mind not to go down there in my underwear at 4 am to see what all the racket was about.

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Re: FYI: Guild Wars 2 Mobile Authenticator
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2013, 04:35:50 AM »
interesting

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Re: FYI: Guild Wars 2 Mobile Authenticator
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Re: FYI: Guild Wars 2 Mobile Authenticator
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2013, 03:14:57 AM »
I don't understand the point of that post.  Is it just supposed to annoy?