Blizzard's realID fiasco
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Join Date: 2005-02-25 Member: 42471NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
Join Date: 2005-02-25 Member: 42471NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
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What do you guys think about it? For those who don't know, they are going to make it so that the full names of forum users will be shown every time they post. There is lots of controversy since, at least most of us, realize how much info you can glean off someone just from their first and last names. This guy made a pretty good (and extremely creepy) example of this:
<a href="http://carywhy.blogspot.com/2010/07/open-letter-to-blizzard-or-it-seems.html" target="_blank">http://carywhy.blogspot.com/2010/07/open-l...r-it-seems.html</a>
The original blizzard post:
<a href="http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25626109041&sid=3000&pageNo=1" target="_blank">http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topic...00&pageNo=1</a>
One of the blizzard employees posted his own name as an example that there is nothing to worry about, and within 5 minutes there was his address, phone number, and pictures of him posted. Pretty funny for us making a point, but it reflects how thoughtless some of the guys down at blizzard are with this issue.
<a href="http://carywhy.blogspot.com/2010/07/open-letter-to-blizzard-or-it-seems.html" target="_blank">http://carywhy.blogspot.com/2010/07/open-l...r-it-seems.html</a>
The original blizzard post:
<a href="http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25626109041&sid=3000&pageNo=1" target="_blank">http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topic...00&pageNo=1</a>
One of the blizzard employees posted his own name as an example that there is nothing to worry about, and within 5 minutes there was his address, phone number, and pictures of him posted. Pretty funny for us making a point, but it reflects how thoughtless some of the guys down at blizzard are with this issue.
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