Petition For Improved Account Security.

Miss Sarah Lauren

Miss Sarah Lauren

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2009

The Netherlands/Norway

Phase Six [PT]

E/

/signed... since I've been hacked too :X

Outo Oli Apc

Outo Oli Apc

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2009

Finland

GOLD

E/

/signed

I haven't been hacked yet, but many I know have been

My New Name

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2008

/signed...you are 100% right

Lummy

Lummy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2007

/signed - lost my gwamm once already, better not happen again...

howdy705

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2009

D/

/signed....for all the reasons mentioned above

Heloniar

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2008

A New Day Dawns [HOPE]

W/P

/signed, I really don't want lose my 5 year old account!

Grj

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2007

This should be addressed, i know a few people that wanted the bmp and the free storage pane but refused to tie their account to Ncsoft.

Aldric

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

[IG]

R/

/signed

Quote:
Originally Posted by zwei2stein View Post
Ability to mark character/item untamperable or to rollback malicious changes.
Ability to sever account from plaync
Ability to have aditional security options (ip range permissions/blocks, hardware authenticators)
^This wins the common sense award for today.

Also, I'm assuming Anet will continue to stfu on the issue and hope it goes away.

yarddog

yarddog

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Philadelphia-Go Eagles

Raptor Five [Five]

W/

/signed........................allow me to be able to get my GW account untied from NCSoft's.........thats where the breaches happen [IMHO].

Trytan

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2009

Canada

W/

/signed

I don't care about content updates, skill balances, XTH or anything else at this moment. Account security and the possibility of brute force hacks of NCSoft master accounts needs to be addressed immediately.

If ANet cannot get NCSoft to upgrade their security then I at least hope they will look at coming up with their own solution and making it so that accounts can be severed/removed from NCSoft master accounts. If nothing is done and we're forced to tie our GW2 accounts to the NCSoft site then I will seriously consider not purchasing GW2 at all.

Aurora Summer

Aurora Summer

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2008

United Kingdom

Beauty and Grace [Love]

R/

/signed

Hope they do something about this.

Tullzinski

Tullzinski

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

Trying to stay out of Ryuk's Death Note

N/R

/signed

Admin Edit: Really? You had to make THAT analogy?!

Too over the top for you all?

Kityn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

Michigan

Heroes of the Horn [HoH]

N/

/signed. As time goes by,technology will make it easier and easier to hack passwords. So definitely an upgrade to security would be very nice to have.

Olim Chill

Olim Chill

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2007

USA

DMI

N/

/signed

...

gone

Guest

Join Date: Jan 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by zwei2stein View Post
/signed

It are quite common requests really:

Ability to mark character/item untamperable or to rollback malicious changes.
Ability to sever account from plaync
Ability to have aditional security options (ip range permissions/blocks, hardware authenticators)
/signed
123123123

light a fire under NCsoft's collective ass as well anet. let's go. get it done.

Stop The Storm

Stop The Storm

Keeping DoA Alive

Join Date: Jan 2007

England

Were In [DoA]

A/N

/signed

anyone who doesnt agree that security needs to be stepped up is a complete and utter f*ckwit and i HOPE their account gets hacked, just so they know what it feels like.

Aussie Boy

Aussie Boy

Alcoholic

Join Date: Mar 2007

Australia

W/

/Signed a million times over

Took out sugestion and will add it to other thread.

fatchef

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

dl

Mo/Me

/Signed

Ive been hacked as well

??? L??wLi????????? ???

??? L??wLi????????? ???

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

Dela-where?

Demonic Rage [dr]

E/

/signed............

dark_slayer

dark_slayer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

We Still Got It [MOJO] Leader

/signed............

Ben-A-BoO

Ben-A-BoO

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Europe

/signed

I haven't been hacked but it came to a point where I know at least 5 people over the last year that have been hacked... and Guru spreads the paranoia. Would be nice to hear/read that they take our concerns about this seriously.

Gli

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

/signed

Regardless of whether or not we, the players, have to have our personal security in order, account protection is a must. Because people are fallible, security software may be fallible, something may go wrong somewhere, sometime. Stuff happens.

That shouldn't have to lead to an instant account death sentence. Anything that can be done to help with that, should be done. Player side and gameserver side.

Just.nl

Just.nl

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

The Netherlands, Noord-Brabant

Mu-Tants [MU]

Me/

/Signed!

We want better Account Security!

extra bacon

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Sydney, Australia

Spank [Me]

/ signed

Day Trooper

Day Trooper

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Guild With No [NAM???]

E/Mo

/Signed - plz add a feature to permalock players NOW.

naughteblonde

naughteblonde

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2007

The Rabid Hamsters [NUBY]

E/

Oh so signed.
Account security is a must and will affect my future purchases. After all, why would I risk spending money on a product that may just be stolen from me due to lack of protection?

Sir Cusfreak

Sir Cusfreak

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

In your backline

No Tags [NONE]

Quote:
Enough Is Enough. It's time to face this issue head on. No more hiding, no more excuses.
I've heard bad politicians make the exact same speech about damn near every issue they feel strongly about. It's rhetoric designed to invoke emotion and 'rally the troops'. It gets the crowd nodding.

"get the torches and pitchforks!"

There is no one who's going to vote 'no' to "better account security".

We all want "better account security", and being able to demonstrate that the community is behind the idea of some changes being made isn't hard to do.

BUT you state this isnt a suggestion thread, yet once you dig into what exactly needs to be done, then we're back to suggestions, and theyre not even new suggestions. toon locks, PlayNc sever, all those things, they've heard before and haven't acted on any of them.

As for the idea that nothing else should get done until this is addressed...sounds great on paper, but the people who actually do skill changes probably arent IT security specialists on the side. They can go ahead and work at what they actually do, while someone who knows what the hell they are doing takes care of the security issue, please and thank-you.

I'm not out to flame you and I am 100% for some very serious security changes, but lets look at what's being said here, threats are threats and it's not how to get things done. also, ANET isn't at fault here, NCSoft is, and I highly doubt ANET has 6 drops of influence in the whole bucket. We're barking up the wrong tree here. They dont own the game and they don't make the call.

You want NCSoft to install security measures? theres only ONE way that's going to happen. Offer to buy some security measures. They arent going to spend a whole 60 cents on securing your imaginary money. They are in a buisness to make real money and they do NOT care. It's that simple.
Youre asking them to sever thier customers from thier store. People dont do that very often.

If you want an effective petition, I'm sorry but this ISNT it.

Make a petition that isnt a threat, that offers them real money, and you may get someone's attention.

Until then, we're doing a lot of barking and not much else.

I've heard a lot of people grasping at the idea that NCSoft might be swayed by threats of withholding money on future purchases, especially GW2. It's very noble, and again, it looks good on paper. It's just plain not going to be effective, however. When GW2 drops, plenty of people are going to buy it, they are not going to lose money on making it. They do NOT depend on GW1 customers carrying over.

But if it makes you feel better,
/signed.

also /signed for buying security measures - including a sever, toon locks, password change security procedures, and several other ideas I've heard suggested.

Alyssaa

Alyssaa

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2007

The Netherlands

[TLP]

E/

Signed

Even though I feel like being hacked is your own fault. (80% of the time.)

Shanaeri Rynale

Shanaeri Rynale

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

DVDF(Forums)

Me/N

I guess the tone is aggressive, but thats because I like many others are fed up of offering suggestion after suggestion for FOUR years and still we are in the situation we are in.

I know it'll cost money to fix, but trying to win back lost customers costs a lot more.

As I said, there are lots of other suggestion threads in sardelac, so thats the place to discuss things. My petition for example does'nt exlude the possibility of needing to 'buy' hacking insurance.

If you don't agree then don't sign, if you partially agree say so in this thread. If no one signs it then I guess we and Anet know people would rather have other game stuff before this.

Chasing Squirrels

Chasing Squirrels

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2008

/Signed

It has not happened to me yet but I fear it will because I see more and more threads about people getting hacked

Jink

Jink

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

In my mind

Wind Riders [WIND]

N/Me

/signed

If they don't do something about the problems now, who knows what sort of problems we'll have with GW2?

Dralspire

Retired

Join Date: Apr 2005

Considering this issue has repeatedly been raised with Anet since at least 2006, my confidence in their willingness to address the matter is low. Having said that,

/SIGNED

Meridon

Meridon

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2008

Funny Business Inc [FBI]

For what it's worth, /signed.

lorenna

lorenna

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Ireland

[bAd]

Mo/

signed

if my account were to be hacked it would not only be all the time effort and money in game that i would be annoyed about but also all the real money ive put into my account buying the games, expansion, character slots, storage slots, collectors editions bonus missions pack. ive pretty much bought every single upgrade you can buy for your account with the exeption of the proph collectors edition and put my own money into it. it seems from some people i have spoken to that after their accounts have been hacked they have not even got them back. or for others it took them some time to get it back. if my account was taken..i would not buy another account i would give up and probably not buy guild wars 2 either if everything ive worked on for it is wasted

aznkda

aznkda

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Ontario, Canada

Mo/

/Signed

Even tho I have never been hack, seeing all these people getting hack worries me.
So yes, Anet should do something about it.

maxxfury

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

[DVDF] Gp

Me/A

/Signed!!! ¬¬
/double signed!

Konker2020

Konker2020

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2009

Exiled Forcez [Ex]

/signed

I'm sick of worrying about being hacked again due to the lack of security measures.

Big_Iron

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

Quote:
Originally Posted by aznkda View Post
Even tho I have never been hack, seeing all these people getting hack worries me.
So yes, Anet should do something about it.
Ditto and ...

/signed

Lifestyle

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2009

R/Mo

This thread is a good example of why I left guildwars.

No, not because I got hacked (which I actually did get), but the community borders on zealous and mad at the same time, and it's grown into one hell of a monster.

This feels more like a bad politician's attempt to get some ploy than an actual suggestion.

Like many others, I agree that we should be able to play safely and securely, but this is just the wrong way to get the point across.

SithLord2064

SithLord2064

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2008

Phoenix, AZ

From the Ashes Rise the Pheonix

E/Me

/signed

While I have done everything I can think of doing to keep my account info safe, I am scared to DEATH that I will come home from work some night to find I was hacked. One of the officers in my 2nd account's guild (read that again. It makes sense in a twisted way) was perma-banned for gold-selling, despite the fact that he's never done anything that would resemble gold-selling. (I vouch for his character. Trust me, he would never)
Too often I have heard of people getting hacked, and too often I think "There but for the grace of Dog go I." The time for action has come. As a Guild Wars player (and someone who DOES want to eventually play Guild Wars 2) I say "The line must be drawn HERE. This far, NO FARTHER!"