How important is the security token? Because it's annoying to use.

[Radxen]

I think someone already mentioned the phone being prone to having factory resets and whatnot, so what really bothers me is that you can only have it on one device, I use multiple devices and it would be really nice if I could use any of them and if one happens to get erased or fail I can use any of the other ones.

[Lucke]

I think someone already mentioned the phone being prone to having factory resets and whatnot, so what really bothers me is that you can only have it on one device, I use multiple devices and it would be really nice if I could use any of them and if one happens to get erased or fail I can use any of the other ones.

Write down the emergency password and keep it safe. If something happens to your phone, use that password to remove the token from your account and then when you get a new phone, just re-register. Easy peasy.

[Radxen]

Write down the emergency password and keep it safe. If something happens to your phone, use that password to remove the token from your account and then when you get a new phone, just re-register. Easy peasy.

Oh yeah thanks for that, still doesn't solve my problem with me wanting to use multiple devices but at least I won't have a week long fiasco with support if my phone goes out

[Legend_]

I think someone already mentioned the phone being prone to having factory resets and whatnot, so what really bothers me is that you can only have it on one device, I use multiple devices and it would be really nice if I could use any of them and if one happens to get erased or fail I can use any of the other ones.

I kept the emergency password in a note app that synchronized with my PC. I just upgraded my phone not to long ago. I just removed the token in mogstation and set it up again on my new phone.

[kidvideo]

There would be no point for anyone to hack a FFXIV account to sell your items to vendor's for microGils. Nor any point to hack a mog station account to register a newly purchased license to the hacked account... you guys are just letting your fear of keyloggers & internet security flaw hype cloud common sense.

There are no mysterious keyloggers unless you install them or do something foolish on your PC (mac os has gatekeeper). In which case, you deserve what you get.

[Magis]

Apart from the fact that it's almost a 100% fool proof way to secure your account, it also allows you to set one free teleport point. If those two things aren't worth keeping track of your number generator then it's not for you. There is an app for it, which I suppose can be hacked. However, I find it unlikely that anybody would go through the trouble of stealing/hacking a phone for the purpose of targeting your FFXIV account. So I'd say the phone app is just as secure as the key fob.

Almost. It was realized in the early days that a program could sniff out your session id (which doesn't need any elevated privileges, and you can use Windows Event Logger to see it in action) that is sent from the FFXIV launcher to the FFXIV game itself, and causes a login w/o needing any credentials (email, pw, or one-time pw). Nothing is full proof. This is why a firewall, virus scanners, and malware scanners are important.

[LunarEmerald]

As important as your account.

[KyroeFelix]

There are no mysterious keyloggers unless you install them or do something foolish on your PC (mac os has gatekeeper). In which case, you deserve what you get.

Because all malware installed is blatantly obvious and people knew exactly what they were downloading when they were installed.

[kidvideo]

Because all malware installed is blatantly obvious and people knew exactly what they were downloading when they were installed.

As I said, foolish & deserved, & I'll add: good learning opportunity. However, after all this discussion... I do enjoy the free tele. =)

[Pandastirfry]

As I said, foolish & deserved, & I'll add: good learning opportunity. However, after all this discussion... I do enjoy the free tele. =)

It is quite obvious you're either a troll, this is your first MMO, have literally no idea how computers work... Or possibly all three.