Security

Security on the password protection side is mostly your responsabilty. Here's a few personal tips on how to never be ****:

1. Don't tell anyone, anywhere, your password or give hints to what it could be.
2. Remember your password well, don't write it down anywhere.
3. Keep up to date anti-malware software (I suggest use at least 2 different ones) and scan regularly for keyloggers and middle-man attacks (packet sniffers and modifiers), etc. The use of a firewall is strongly recommened.
4. Don't use really short or easy to guess passwords.
5. Do not lend your account to anyone, besides you can be banned for doing so.

That's about it really. Don't worry about hackers breaking into the database, because not only is this being ran by a professional organisation but it's their sole responsablity to keep it well protected and almost everyone with any sense at all encrypts passwords and other sensitive data with a one-way algorithm, as the hash cannot be reversed.

b:victory

Absolutely.

Plus, the fact that the avatars reflect class and level of our characters proves that the forums server has a set of routines directly accessing the game's database. If I were to **** PWI I would target the forums to put my hands on those subroutines so as to boost chars [ free levels and coins ] then resell them on some sort of Game eBay or another.

Let's just hope PWi has real firewalls, use encryption and didn't touch anything branded Symantec even with a ten foot pole.

Note, you can put a code on your bank too, to add another layer of security, and it's a good idea.