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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, November 12 2012 @ 09:47 AM EST |
I may have this wrong but I as I understand it: the authenticator is just to
prevent the 'players' computer from being hacked.
Bizzard uses Warden
Client
The program keeps looking at what the player is doing and
reads any other windows the player has open in order to look for key
words – as evidence of cheating.
Blizza
rd Entertainment Uses Spyware to Verify EULA Compliance
This leave
the players computer open to being hacked.
Hence the need for user-end
protection via the Authenticator.
If I'm right, then 'stupid' is not the
word I would use for this law suit.
Off topic:
However, quite a few
Linux users find that they don't have to worry about this though. Warden
Client doesn't understand the all the API's returned, so just bans them
permanly, with no reimbursement of the 60 USD.
Lots Of Linux Users Perma-Banned In Diablo 3...Again
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, November 12 2012 @ 11:25 AM EST |
So this guy filed a class action suit over an option designed to make his
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, November 12 2012 @ 12:16 PM EST |
Essentially Blizzard is asking for control of your computer. They may be a
bit more open about (mostly because of the volume of the complaints), but
that is what they want.
So now Joe the Cracker manages to reverse engineer Blizzard's protocols,
and he takes control of your computer...
Yeah, I know that Blizzard is guarding against this. So far they've even
been more successful than Microsoft. But then again, who hasn't?
Al it will take is one failure, like the Sony PS3 account failure, and Blizzard
will have massive problems.
Wayne
http://madhatter.ca
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