I got a 3 hour ban mid raid in wotlk because I was advertising poker games for gold (poker addon). Was told gambling games are not permitted in wow... The good old days though, we'd be 9 during trash playing for gold. After raids we'd hop onto pokerstars to lose some steam, and money.
Honestly, id rather be hacked every year than have my account locked every week because somebody TRIED to hack me
Also, my definition of social engineering(seems to fit wikipedia's definition: Social engineering, in the context of information security, refers to psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information. A type of confidence trick for the purpose of information gathering, fraud, or system access, it differs from a traditional "con" in that it is often one of many steps in a more complex fraud scheme.) doesn't work on all people
Some of us still don't post our passwords on facebook, twitter or whatever else is new and "#YOLOSWAG"
this happened to me over a year ago, someone hacked my account and sold all my gold, when I counted Blizzard about it they accused me of doing it, and then when I told them I wasn't involved in anyway they said my account security measures were too lax'd and I was still banned. (I will admit I didn't have an authenticator but does that warrant a perma ban?)
So I had to quit wow, got a smoking hot girlfriend, a decent job, I don't have to work holidays like I had to be before to support my wow life.... PROFIT!
And to all the people saying about getting banned for someone trying to hack my account, i have a authenticator so that would be super dumb if that is the case.
How do you know if your account is banned or locked? When you try to log in there is an error message that says something about being "banned" or "locked"?
Blizzard isn't a democracy, nor is it required to 'give you a chance to defend yourself'. Your 'rights' are clearly defined in the http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/legal/wow_tou.html or http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/legal/wow_tou.html (depending on where you have your account)
--- Want any of my Constitutional rights?, ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
I come from a time and a place where I judge people by the content of their character; I don't give a damn if you are tall or short; gay or straight; Jew or Gentile; White, Black, Brown or Green; Conservative or Liberal. -- Note to mods: if you are going to infract me have the decency to post the reason, and expect to hold everyone else to the same standard.
OT: I've had this only once, when logging in through the app. I went to college. I went from the train's wi-fi to college's wi-fi in less than 2 minutes, and either of them is probably using a proxy. -poof- lock. It shouldn't happen that often. Try changing your e-mail perhaps.
--- Want any of my Constitutional rights?, ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
I come from a time and a place where I judge people by the content of their character; I don't give a damn if you are tall or short; gay or straight; Jew or Gentile; White, Black, Brown or Green; Conservative or Liberal. -- Note to mods: if you are going to infract me have the decency to post the reason, and expect to hold everyone else to the same standard.