Please clear your blacklist!

[Shae]

I remove the oldest ones as time goes by if they have a name that isn't a jumble of letters and I haven't had the same ones come back spamming again so far. I don't like this stigma people are attaching to those who got hacked. I am not a computer expert like so many in this thread claim to be, but I am sure that not all those people who got hacked are idiots or bad people.

[Spoolx]

The only thing I might be guilty of was having a weak password, although it was 8 letters with one capital and two numbers so I thought it was fairly secure. I will admit that I was using the same password for my email, facebook etc because having multiple passwords can be a huge pain. I since changed that.

I play on PS3, and surf the forums from work(which is a huge company and the internet is pretty tight so I doubt I got a virus on my work computer) and I still got hacked.

I have no clue how they got my info, I never bought gil, I never visited any weird sites, and all my email comes through my iphone and I never click links in my email. The only possibility I can think of is when the playstation network got hacked a couple years ago they had my info although I am pretty sure I changed my password since then.

Anyhow if you dont want to clear your blacklist thats fine, but lets be honest.. its not because you are worried about getting spammed by those names because you can almost guarantee all those names have been banned, its just because you want to be an elitist jerk.

[Moheeheeko]

its just because you want to be an elitist jerk.

because that's a great way to get people to UN blist you /eye roll.

also, you have an iPhone and DON'T have a security token? That's just asking for it.

[RyuujinZERO]

The only thing I might be guilty of was having a weak password, although it was 8 letters with one capital and two numbers so I thought it was fairly secure. I will admit that I was using the same password for my email, facebook etc because having multiple passwords can be a huge pain. I since changed that.

Well there's your problem, another site you use has been hacked and they got your pass that way.

A key vault is a good solution in this day and age, they can exist as mobile apps, or the stronger more effective ones can run on your PC. They allow you to create and store unique passwords in a secure database on your machine or phone and keep them altogether. I use KeePass on my desktop for example, which generates a totally random password for each site and then stores it where i only need click copy-> paste to retrieve the password. (A word to the wise, make sure your e-mail password is both unique and memorable in case you lose your vault and need reset your passwords)

passwords like those generated by KeePass tend to be near impossible to type manually let alone memorise, so where manual typing is required like on your PS3, you could use a key vault app on your mobile, and create shorter more memorable passwords but still store them on the device so each site remains unique and you have easy access to them.

[Huginn]

I was using the same password for my email, facebook etc because having multiple passwords can be a huge pain.

I play on PS3, and surf the forums from work(which is a huge company and the internet is pretty tight so I doubt I got a virus on my work computer) and I still got hacked.

all my email comes through my iphone.

you want to be an elitist jerk.

I left the parts of what you said that are likely responsible... if you are telling the truth.

Facebook, FACEBOOK??? you really use the same password for bookface as you use for your online gaming? AND it's the same password as your email? the same email i assume you use for your SE account???

here's a tip, do not use facebook on any computer that you do anything you do not want compromised. do not use facebook with any password or email address you do not want compromised. better yet, do not use facebook.

You sure sound like an elitist jerk to me, you casual elitist casual. do you see how i can throw around meaningless names too?

a secure password looks more like this: bwLH41ctKE½☻☺§█ and uses an RSA token

[Naunet]

a secure password looks more like this: bwLH41ctKE½☻☺§█

I think you need to read this comic: http://xkcd.com/936/

[Kitya]

I think you need to read this comic: http://xkcd.com/936/

This is hilariously true. I love the horse

[Rannie]

/snip

do you visit sites with ads? You know even the best sites can be hacked and or if there are ads in them those ads can contain virus' key loggers and anything malicious to them. Also with the people going on about Phishing emails... seriously if it's asking you to sign in or asking you for your password you AUTOMATICALLY know it's a phishing email. Remember and square enix has said this multiple times. They will NEVER send any email asking you for your password and I can spot a phishing email a mile away. (they're just as bad as the lottery emails or the ones about the relative in Nigeria dying though those are hilarious to read most of the time due to terrible grammar)

[svann]

What I think they should do is offer a name change for a small fee.

[Demlix]

Lots of us were banned for RMT spam because our accounts were hacked, eventually we will be back online. My request is that you frequently clear your blacklist, especially if the name is a normal name and not just a jumble of characters.
There is no point keeping these names on your blacklist because they all get banned quick so you shouldn't see that name ever spam again.

Considering you most likely compromised your account in some way by downloading a bot or buying gil, I will not be unblacklisting people even if they're not really the ones spamming RMT. With the free software version of the one-time password for iOS and Android, there is no excuse for getting your account hacked.