Switching Systems Question

[Arcon]

A more secure web browser that can block flash and silverlight, and only load what you want it to, can block Scripts from running on your PC etc.

So you mean, like, every browser released in the last decade? Although none of that is necessary, there are things outside of your browser you can do to prevent that (customized HOSTS file), and that's only needed in the first place if you go to dubious websites or follow the links fake GMs send you in the game. And if you do that, nothing will protect you, not on a console or PC.

and tell that to the WoW players who got their accounts hacked even though they used tokens....

There are no such players.

But then again I have no clue what I'm talking about.

Precisely, so stop posting already.

[Ashbel]

All you do is install everything and reactive all exp/add-ons through playonline when you log in. The CD is just to install the basic exp then it will update.

[Mirage]

So what people are saying in this thread is:

People who are good with computers don't get hacked. So if you're not good with computers, you should definitely play on a PC because that will be safer.

Huh.

[Arcon]

So what people are saying in this thread is:

People who are good with computers don't get hacked. [..]

That's not at all what I'm saying. You really do not need to be good with computers at all. Most of the protection is done for you. When was the last time you manually upgraded your anti-virus program? Or your operating system? Or performed an anti-virus check? It all happens automatically now. There's hardly anything at all you have to do. When you install Windows 7 and start it for the first time it even prompts you to install an anti-virus program and offers you several choices. You do not need to browse the web to search for them or anything like that. It does the same for browsers. Most of them have some secure options enabled by default as well.

And all of that is still only needed if you're not careful about visiting random links suspicious people post, otherwise you wouldn't need any of that either.

Still not convinced? Use a token. That's as perfect as protection gets. The only way to get hacked using a token is to hijack a live running session, and a) that may happen outside of your local network, so it could happen on consoles as well, and b) I have never heard of that happening and I seriously doubt RMT use that because it's not something any script kiddie can achieve. And if they actually did hijack your session, they don't actually obtain your password, only a currently running session. That means they can't actually change your password, or prevent you from just logging in again (or a friend, if it was indeed a local attack and they're intercepting communications with SE's servers) and thereby logging them out automatically. So that is only effective if you're actually afk when it happens.

I set up a perfectly secure computer for my brother the other day, from zero (perfectly as in reasonably for any and all kinds of gaming and general internet transactions). Took about two hours, and all I did was click "next" and confirm updates suggested to me by the system. Not once did I have to turn on my brain to actually make a decision until it offered me a list of anti-virus software, and then I may have just selected one by random as well. You can go ahead and call that "good with computers", I'd rather call people who can't do that lazy (or functionally retarded, whichever you find less offending).

[Alhanelem]

So what people are saying in this thread is:

People who are good with computers don't get hacked. So if you're not good with computers, you should definitely play on a PC because that will be safer.

Huh.

You don't have to be "good with computers" to protect yourself from threats. You mostly just need common sense, e.g. don't visit or download stuff from unknown websites without checking with other people you trust first, install an antimalware program and make sure it's working and up to date and you use it, don't share your accounts / passwords /etc with anyone, keep Windows up to date, keep firewall turned on, yada yada yada. Virtually all security comprimises are preventable. Oh, and use the security token. virtually any breach while using the token is going to be entirely your own fault; but Account restores on accounts with the token are exempt from the one-time restore policy.

[Mirage]

Common sense isn't as common as you'd think .

You don't need to tell me in either case. I play on PC and I am able to avoid threats easily. I'm just not expecting everyone else to be able to, that's all.