There is a post over on wow.com that I think every World of Warcraft player should read.
Real ID security concerns explains a little bit more of what most of us already know about the system that is going to be part of Blizzards signature battle.net system, which will tie together two very different game worlds to begin with, World of Warcraft and Starcraft II.
The last two sentences are the ones that I hope people latch on to:
Just remember that this system is meant for your real-life friends and family and not for some guy who was a good healer in your ICC PUG last week. If you don’t know where to go to knock on the person’s door if something happens to your account, then don’t share your email address.
Hardly a week goes by that I don’t hear of someone either in a guild that I am in or a friends guild that had their account compromised. In some cases this is quickly resolved and they are back to playing in a week, in others it takes 2-3 weeks for them to get their gear back, and if they had access to the guild bank, those items back.
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