Please clear your blacklist!

[Kenze]

I'm not clearing my blacklist until SE adds better filtering and make sit easier to report people.
maybe you should just ask for a name change.

[Pandemonium]

In all my years I have never fallen for a phish. Oh Square Enix is going to give me the best gear in the game all I have to do is give them my password and username? Seems legit.
They already have it & it's encrypted in their database nor do they need my account information to access my account.

Common sense just isn't common enough.

In all your years you've never fallen for a phish? WELL DONE SIR! *Slow Clap for you*

Oh wait, neither have I though! *Slow clap for me too*

Phishing isn't all about "Dear member, please reply with your account details and password so we can give you free relics..."

It is more about:

"Dear SE Member,
There have been attempts to hack your account, please log into here and change your password to a more secure one..."

I've been a website designer for awhile, which is probably why I don't fall for such pathetic hacking attempts.

Not everyone is a clued up as you, or has that privilege.

So don't be such a condescending arse-head just because you are smarter than some of the more gullible people out there. Yes, they may have fallen for a phish, quite innocently, which still means they don't deserve you and others writing them off as RMT/Cheaters/Pay2Winners etc.

Yes, I can blame them. It's easy. [x] didn't bother looking at links before entering information no company should need to ask for. That would be their fault. I'm totally blaming them.

You are a really horrible person.

[Moheeheeko]

You (and many others) seem to forget phishing and how rife that is.

Security key is free, not using one is a person's fault.

and for those who actually fell for a phishing scam, I have some really cheap land to sell you!

[Pooky]

I clear normal sounding names a week later or so, but any names that are Dghthght Hfgghghg or the like stays.

[Xieveral]

You (and many others) seem to forget phishing and how rife that is.

You can't blame people for being gullible and falling for a phishing scam, then following the dodgy links and entering crucial information. These people are clearly legit players, if a little on the dim witted side - they don't all deserve to be written off as "RMT/Botting scum - you deserve my /blist!"

Still, they should have taken precautions before it ever happened. Then at least in the event they were careless with their information its not the end of the world.

There's no excuse not to have a software token now.

Incompatible/no phone? Can't get physical token in your country? Learn how to make the app work on your computer http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Android-iPhone

"But I don't understand this techspeak!"

Then learn it. If you have time to play, you have time to learn. What's the better option, taking 20 minutes out of your playtime to learn how to protect your account or being locked out for weeks because it was compromised?

[HurtigeKarl]

I was typing out a reply about how people get hacked but I'm not going to bother. I'm currently lodestoning people with normal names and if there account seems somewhat decent then I'll unblacklist it.
Getting hacked is pretty pathetic in this time and age, I mean security on stuff is so high the only thing I can think of is a) Virus from downloading bots or buying gold or b) Very, very weak password.

Or emails/fansites/cell phones being hacked due to those sites being breached. Do you think that hackers will stop refining their tactics, specially when there is money involved? They have all incentive in the world to try to find weaknesses at sites that do not have sufficient economic means or motivation to oppose the attempts properly.

I've never been hacked, but regardless I decided to use a physical token, because I know that hacks evolve and "poor" sites may not be able to pay enough to protect themselves from advanced attacks.

[Rydin]

I'm currently lodestoning people with normal names and if there account seems somewhat decent then I'll unblacklist it.

Sounds like a lot of work

[Sylve]

I was typing out a reply about how people get hacked but I'm not going to bother. I'm currently lodestoning people with normal names and if there account seems somewhat decent then I'll unblacklist it.
Getting hacked is pretty pathetic in this time and age, I mean security on stuff is so high the only thing I can think of is a) Virus from downloading bots or buying gold or b) Very, very weak password.

It's nice to see you apologizing though, I do wish you'll take more precaution in the future.

To be fair, 'hacking' these days is done via bots that run every combination of letters and numbers currently usable by computers, doesn't matter how 'strong' your password is, its only a matter of time before a bot comes up with the right string to let it in.

[Sovereign]

To be fair, 'hacking' these days is done via bots that run every combination of letters and numbers currently usable by computers, doesn't matter how 'strong' your password is, its only a matter of time before a bot comes up with the right string to let it in.

Which is why security tokens and account lockouts (say after 5 wrong guesses) are a good idea.

[Sylve]

Which is why security tokens and account lockouts (say after 5 wrong guesses) are a good idea.

But they're not perfect. Which is all I'm saying. You can be the safest guy in the world with strong AV, tokens and stupid long passwords changed daily, but you'll still get done in by a determined hacker. Just a matter of time.
I still think using Email addresses for Usernames was a bad bad idea. Usernames or logins were literally an extra password a potential hackbot needed to get right.
@Rydin,
No, maybe they're not brute forcing *all* the accounts, but i would wager many accounts are lost to it.