Just when you thought account hackers found their way through Battle.net security to steal more Starcraft II and World of Warcraft accounts, Blizzard steps in and introduces a new system dubbed the Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator.
This new system – similar to Blizzard’s Battle.net Authenticator and Mobile Authenticator Application – is an optional service that provides additional security to protect your Battle.net account. Absolutely free to the user, the Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator is not actually an application or a physical token. When you sign up for the service, you will be asked to make a toll-free call from a specific phone of your choice to authorize or deny unusual login attempts associated with your Battle.net account.
For an example of how the service works: if you were to login to your Battle.net account from a different location, you may be required to call in with a pin number that you created at the time of sign up.
Blizzard continues to work diligently on protecting Battle.net from hackers. Hopefully, the concept behind Blizzard’s Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator will be adopted by other developers offering online gaming services.
