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How dare you!
I’m honest and open when people ask me questions. I’ve got a track record of demonstrating that here in my guides and my posts each week. I always make time to talk to people in-game when I get random whispers. I always make time to listen. I enjoy the contact, I enjoy teaching, I enjoy helping. With me so far?
There’s one thing that seriously pisses me off though – when someone approaches me, asks for my advice and upon receiving it actively refutes it.
Now I freely admit to being wrong on occasion – ok once, in June of ’97 – but this is a different kettle of fish.
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No, you didnt get “hacked”
Time for a rant, folks, because every time this topic comes up it gets me mad. In our modern day culture we tend to tiptoe around the use of any language that might posit a victim’s own culpability. This is especially true when it comes to the Warcraft Keylogging epidemic.
I have an authenticator attached to my three accounts. As well as that, and for some years prior to them being around, I use Firefox with the NoScript and Flashblock addons which prevents javascript or flash working on a site until I add that site to a whitelist. Brilliant setup and I’ve never had a worry.
Let’s take a look at the two terms really mean:
“Keylogged” – A keylogger program was (unwittingly) installed on your computer through your actions. Although there are preventative steps that could have been taken you’re ‘not a computer person’ and don’t know how google works. You later claim to either not be able to afford an authenticator or not be able to get them where you live.
“Hacked” - An evil computer hacker penetrated your firewall, cracked your database and stole your account details without your knowledge or input. You were just a poor randomly targeted victim, right?
Which of the two terms is going to make you feel better about your situation? more entitled to comforting and a speedy resolution? I thought so. Granted I have known people that have messed up and been straight up about it – this rant is not about them.
This is about those deluded folks that get “hacked” and truly believe they played no part in it, the ones that work themselves into a self-righteous fervor and declare their undying hatred toward Blizzard for letting this happen to them. I once knew someone who had been “hacked” three times! He was convinced it wasnt his system and that it was Blizzard’s database being broken into. His browser? Standard IE of course.