ArenaNet has announced that, effective immediately, Guild Wars 2 players can take part in the new beta of a two-factor authentication system. Players can download and install an authenticator program for a desktop PC or Mac and/or Android and iPhone mobile platforms. The new authentication system is designed to protect player accounts from hackers.

Mobile two-factor authentication is an alternative means of securing your Guild Wars 2account, and like e-mail authentication, is optional but strongly encouraged. Rather than sending you an e-mail when unauthorized login attempts occur, the game (or any of our online web sites) will prompt you for a six-digit number any time you log in to a Mobile Authenticator-protected account. Using a freely available app on three major smartphone platforms – iOS, Android, and Windows Phone – you can obtain the correct six-digit number unique to your account. These numbers change every 30 seconds and can only be used once; this ensures that without your mobile device, an attacker would not be able to compromise your Guild Wars 2 account.

Read more on the Guild Wars 2 site.

Hmmn I aint worried about the account being hacked.........

I am dissapointed with all the bots that there are in this game perma ban the lot.

Originally posted by forktongue

Hmmn I aint worried about the account being hacked.........

I am dissapointed with all the bots that there are in this game perma ban the lot.

Bots run on hacked accounts, you HAVE to realize this?

So they're a directly related problem. It means they ARE dealing with bots.

Good, 11,000+ accounts hacked not long after GW2 was launched and still counting TODAY. Stuff like this should become a standard in MMO games now.

I bet you the amount of bots would be drastically cut down as well, since many of the bots are run on stolen accounts.

I'll wait until it isn't a beta...

Beta and security are not words that should be put together.

ok- odd but i looked up for the app on my iphone and couldnt find it- they actually didnt even say the apps name on the story.

what am i missing here!???

Originally posted by Vannor

I'll wait until it isn't a beta...

Beta and security are not words that should be put together.

Yea me too. I will wait till final release.

Originally posted by orbitxo

ok- odd but i looked up for the app on my iphone and couldnt find it- they actually didnt even say the apps name on the story.

 

what am i missing here!???

 

Google Authenticator for iPhones and Android.

I got it installed on my android phone and it's working great.

Originally posted by orbitxo

ok- odd but i looked up for the app on my iphone and couldnt find it- they actually didnt even say the apps name on the story.

 

what am i missing here!???

 

After you go to the link in the article and login, the app links are presented to you right there.