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Martin Kerstein has written a new blog article stating that there will be a mandatory password change coming soon. As mentioned in a previous article by Mike O'Brien, ArenaNet has created a blacklist of passwords that have been previously used by hackers for new accounts. Since the system has been rather successful for newly created accounts, they will be forcing existing account owners to change their old passwords.
If you still have the red banner at the top of your launcher, it means your password precedes the blacklist and you will eventually be forced to change it. You can go ahead and change your password at your leisure, but if you wait, you will be forced to change it on February 7th.
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#1 Azure Skye
Seraph Guardian
Posted 31 January 2013 - 11:44 PM
#2 Bohya
Vanguard Scout
Posted 31 January 2013 - 11:51 PM
#3 Raagar Deathclaw
Asuran Acolyte
Posted 31 January 2013 - 11:54 PM
This is *ing retarded. I'm not the type of person who's password is ''1234'', but I have to fall victim to this. I've never been hacked nor will I ever be, but because of those idiots that essentially let themselves get hacked, I have to pay the price. I like to have a constant password for everything, because I can remember it. I don't want to have five different passwords floating around in my head and more forgotten because of ArenaNet thinking that we are all twelve year olds. I've been a devoted fan since Prophecies, but they have lost my respect by forcing this change.
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if this is all it takes for anet to lose your respect than it obviously isn't worth much to begin with, having said that i agree with the rest of your post i just think this is a bit of an overreaction
#4 beadnbutter32
Vanguard Scout
Posted 31 January 2013 - 11:59 PM
I can hear their melodious voices now waxing ecstatic over how you will be able to choose any combination of characters for a list of over 256 and arrange them in any order before you test them against the super boss known as "Password Validity Checker."
Oh I can't wait, Anet knocks another one out of the sandlot.
#5 Dosearius
Asuran Acolyte
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:00 AM
Wait...wut? Are you basically saying that you would use the same password you use for your guild wars account with say, your email account and your guru account??
If so then THAT is exactly why Anet feels the need to do this.
#6 Omega X
Vanguard Scout
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:16 AM
The great service hackfest that went on in the past couple of years forced me to use a new method for passwords at every site I used.
#7 Featherman
Sylvari Specialist
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:21 AM
#8 Bohya
Vanguard Scout
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:26 AM
Wait...wut? Are you basically saying that you would use the same password you use for your guild wars account with say, your email account and your guru account??
If so then THAT is exactly why Anet feels the need to do this.
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Are you implying that I am careless with my password? Having used my particular password for over a decade, I have not once been hacked. I have always been overly cautious. Also, who ever said that I use my password for those programmes? I have many of my accounts set up to never require a password anyway, as there are far more security options which work even better than just a simple catchphrase. The people who are being hacked in Guild Wars 2 are those who have never heard of authentication. This is an authentication issue, not nessisarily the fact that people are careless with their passwords. ArenaNet should force authentication, not a password change which just becomes inconvenient to everyone else.
#9 whodini
Asuran Acolyte
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:27 AM
This is *ing retarded. I'm not the type of person who's password is ''1234'', but I have to fall victim to this. I've never been hacked nor will I ever be, but because of those idiots that essentially let themselves get hacked, I have to pay the price. I like to have a constant password for everything, because I can remember it. I don't want to have five different passwords floating around in my head and more forgotten because of ArenaNet thinking that we are all twelve year olds. I've been a devoted fan since Prophecies, but they have lost my respect by forcing this change.
[/quote]agreed to some respect unfortunately there seems to be 13 year old players out there
#10 Darkobra
Seraph Guardian
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:28 AM
This is *ing retarded. I'm not the type of person who's password is ''1234'', but I have to fall victim to this. I've never been hacked nor will I ever be, but because of those idiots that essentially let themselves get hacked, I have to pay the price. I like to have a constant password for everything, because I can remember it. I don't want to have five different passwords floating around in my head and more forgotten because of ArenaNet thinking that we are all twelve year olds. I've been a devoted fan since Prophecies, but they have lost my respect by forcing this change.
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Number 1. Using the same password for everything? THAT ALONE will mean when you get hacked, you will lose every single thing that one password is connected to. That's a rookie mistake. Especially with fansites being hacked and passwords being stripped from those. They essentially already have your password now.
Number 2. In the time it took you to type that entire post, I've managed to change my password and read your reply. It's not a time-consuming task.
Number 3. How fickle is your respect that when they look out for their player base and their product, you suddenly "lose respect" for them?
You have made a LOT of mistakes. You've been lucky. It was a matter of time before you DID get hacked. You should have MORE respect for them protecting your account.
#11 Bohya
Vanguard Scout
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:33 AM
Number 1. Using the same password for everything? THAT ALONE will mean when you get hacked, you will lose every single thing that one password is connected to. That's a rookie mistake. Especially with fansites being hacked and passwords being stripped from those. They essentially already have your password now.
Number 2. In the time it took you to type that entire post, I've managed to change my password and read your reply. It's not a time-consuming task.
Number 3. How fickle is your respect that when they look out for their player base and their product, you suddenly "lose respect" for them?
You have made a LOT of mistakes. You've been lucky. It was a matter of time before you DID get hacked. You should have MORE respect for them protecting your account.
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1) All my programmes can only be accessed under certain circumstances, password or not.
2) It's not about how easy it is to change your password. It's about the fact that I find it convenient to carry around only one password.
3) Because they are pushing account protection the wrong way and just meddling around with that which does not matter, making it inconvenient for the reasons stated in ''2)''.
Don't call me lucky. I have never been hacked and I never will, because I will it. Don't go around thinking that I am not actively protecting my information. That's insulting...
#12 Darkobra
Seraph Guardian
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:36 AM
#13 whodini
Asuran Acolyte
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:37 AM
#14 Digilodger
Asuran Acolyte
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:42 AM
Are you implying that I am careless with my password? Having used my particular password for over a decade, I have not once been hacked. I have always been overly cautious.
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To add to what [url="http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/79969-mandatory-password-change-is-coming/#entry2155662"]Darkobra has said[/url], sometimes it isn't your carelessness; it's the webmaster's carelessness . . . that happens to affect you.
For example, let's say that you use the same password for your email, Guild wars2 Guru, Xbox Live, and some other sites. Then suddenly, one of these sites' database got hacked by someone. If the site doesn't salt and encrypt your password but instead transfers and stores it in plain text, then the cracker now has access to everyone of your accounts.
Also, besides other people's carelessness, you could also be unlucky. For example, if you're on a non-secure WiFi such as a public library or coffee shop, someone could "sidejack" you and steal your cookie session.
#15 whodini
Asuran Acolyte
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:44 AM
You have ONE password. You're not. And the fact that you've done it for "over a decade" at the age of 22 means nothing. How good was your password when you were 10 years old?
[/quote]LOL they didn't even have atari, commadore 64 out when I was 10
#16 Auenwing
Asuran Acolyte
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:47 AM
Nothing is hackable-safe, however, I know my password (unique to this game) is strong enough.
I'll change it. Then change it back.
PS: Dear ANet, it would help if you would allow at least spaces, if not non-alphabetic, non-numeric characters in the passwords (e.g. special characters.) Unless that has changed since release?
#17 whodini
Asuran Acolyte
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:58 AM
#18 Danael
Vanguard Scout
Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:59 AM
[quote name='Auenwing' timestamp='1359679624' post='2155677']
I'll change it. Then change it back.
PS: Dear ANet, it would help if you would allow at least spaces, if not non-alphabetic, non-numeric characters in the passwords.
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Please read the blog post again: they wrote quite deliberately that you can't use old passwords. Also, mine has non-alphabetic and non-numeric characters. It should therefore be possible for you as well.
#19 jazzbrownie
Fahrar Cub
Posted 01 February 2013 - 01:14 AM
I call bullshit.
I've ignored their insistence that I create a new password for a reason: my account is not in jeopardy.
I know this is a silly thing to get upset over, and I still generally feel that people complain about anet and the game way too much, but it's annoying that I'm going to have to learn yet another password after all of my precautions.
#20 NuclearDonut
Sylvari Specialist
Posted 01 February 2013 - 01:32 AM