Originally Posted by Asteria
What really puzzles me is the lack of security in WoW US. Due to the level of trojans, keyloggers in WoW China, there are multiple security features, from online keypads, account locking, and password grids (u get an unique password grid and logins prompt for specific password coordinates)
Just don't understand why Blizzard cannot implement the system on the US servers.
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It's most likely implemented there and not in Europe and the US for two reasons:
- The first reason is simply that there is practically no concept of playing WoW at home in China. Most everyone plays WoW there on publicly available computers; this basically means that the keylogger threat is a lot higher. One unsavory person just needs to install a keylogger on a computer, and they can probably get their hands on a very large amount of accounts before it's found out. This really means that in China it's a far larger part of the developer's responsibility to add security to their game.
- The second reason is that if these kind of systems are introduced while a large amount of the playerbase deems them unneeded it'll probably annoy a whole lot of them. I know the merits of extra security, but that doesn't mean that I'd enjoy having to punch in my password on a keyboard that randomly jumps around on my screen after every character I put in.