ArenaNet has announced
that, effective immediately, Guild Wars 2 players can take part in the new beta
of a two-factor authentication system. Players can download and install an
authenticator program for a desktop PC or Mac and/or Android and iPhone mobile
platforms. The new authentication system is designed to protect player accounts
from hackers.
Mobile two-factor
authentication is an alternative means of securing your Guild Wars 2account, and
like e-mail authentication, is optional but strongly encouraged. Rather than
sending you an e-mail when unauthorized login attempts occur, the game (or any
of our online web sites) will prompt you for a six-digit number any time you log
in to a Mobile Authenticator-protected account. Using a freely available app on
three major smartphone platforms – iOS, Android, and Windows Phone – you can
obtain the correct six-digit number unique to your account. These numbers change
every 30 seconds and can only be used once; this ensures that without your
mobile device, an attacker would not be able to compromise your Guild Wars 2
account.
Even if it is late it's nice to see that leading companies in their respective verticals are giving users the better balance between security and user experience by implementing 2FA which allows us to telesign into our accounts. I know some will claim this make things more complicated, but the slight inconvenience each time you log in is worth the confidence of knowing your info is secure. I'm hoping that more companies start to offer this awesome functionality. This should be a prerequisite to any system that wants to promote itself as being secure.
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