'Hacking' & Safe Code
Majesta - Dreamweaver
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Dear fellow gamers 
The reason for making this thread is because several people in my faction/FL got '****' lately.
'****'? -> I don't believe in the real hackers: getting **** that way is almost impossible in PWI.
'****' = giving your account info to someone else, either a person you thought you could trust or a phishing site. Logging in later and finding all your money and valuable items are missing...
So for all you people out there: set your SAFE CODE.
Set a safe code, that is different from your pwi log in password (duh?) for your account. You can do this at any banker. Once set, you have to enter the safe code first to be able to get into your bank and/or take gear off of your character. Thus making it impossible for people to get to your good stuff. Just dump all your money and valuable stuff in your bank. Just keep pocket money on your char then.
If you don't have enough space in bank to store everything, wait till you wanna log out and place all the non tradeable items in your bag, thus making space for valuable items to store in your bank ^^
In any case: do -not- give you safe code away to anyone!!!! (you shouldnt have given your pwi log in data to someone else in the first place).
It's a shame these things happen, especially when they thought a person could be trusted.
But I hope this thread can prevent some of it happening, cause this is something I wouldn't wish my worst enemy b:sad
~ Majesta
The reason for making this thread is because several people in my faction/FL got '****' lately.
'****'? -> I don't believe in the real hackers: getting **** that way is almost impossible in PWI.
'****' = giving your account info to someone else, either a person you thought you could trust or a phishing site. Logging in later and finding all your money and valuable items are missing...
So for all you people out there: set your SAFE CODE.
Set a safe code, that is different from your pwi log in password (duh?) for your account. You can do this at any banker. Once set, you have to enter the safe code first to be able to get into your bank and/or take gear off of your character. Thus making it impossible for people to get to your good stuff. Just dump all your money and valuable stuff in your bank. Just keep pocket money on your char then.
If you don't have enough space in bank to store everything, wait till you wanna log out and place all the non tradeable items in your bag, thus making space for valuable items to store in your bank ^^
In any case: do -not- give you safe code away to anyone!!!! (you shouldnt have given your pwi log in data to someone else in the first place).
It's a shame these things happen, especially when they thought a person could be trusted.
But I hope this thread can prevent some of it happening, cause this is something I wouldn't wish my worst enemy b:sad
~ Majesta
When I got the meaning of melee mixed up:
'Maj.. Melee ffs.. means I'm punching you in the face 1 foot away!'
>.<
'Maj.. Melee ffs.. means I'm punching you in the face 1 foot away!'
>.<
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This is very good advice, sadly many people still fall for the "****" and then people will forget their bank codes. But this is good. ^^[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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Majesta - Dreamweaver wrote: »'****'? -> I don't believe in the real hackers: getting **** that way is almost impossible in PWI.
'****' = giving your account info to someone else, either a person you thought you could trust or a phishing site. Logging in later and finding all your money and valuable items are missing...
DING! We have a winner.
And you're absolutely correct. Anyone that could really **** your account would be far more interested in gaining ahold of your ebay account, your paypal account, financial accounts, etc... a video game would be the least of your concerns.I post in forums. This one and others. That's why I post.0 -
actually i know who did it... i have an ss of some guy threating via blue chat to **** me. hes either the world's stupidest hacker or just some **** nub trying to intimidate me. needless to say... i laugh in his face.1. If I kill you; do something about it yourself, don't go complaining to my wife.
2. If you have less kill counts then me, don't expect me to take pk advice from you.
3. If you are hiding behind an alt, don't expect me to acknowledge your existence.
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Majesta - Dreamweaver wrote: »'****' = giving your account info to someone else, either a person you thought you could trust or a phishing site. Logging in later and finding all your money and valuable items are missing...
^^ This
It still really surprise's me how many people share their account info with other's, wether that be a supposed RL friend or ingame GF etc. Then scream blue murder when their account is stolen.0 -
Just a curious question from an inquiring mind...
I have always wondered this:
Why is there not a pass code for Account Stash?
You have the same one for your gear protection and bank...so why not your stash? O_o
Just a thought b:cute[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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It's more likely that your friends either used weak passwords or shared them with a "friend" who then shared them with someone else.
Seems a bit silly to me to share like that as with most players, I haven't met anyone online in the so-called real life.0 -
I know a couple people that have given out their account info to people they've never met online.[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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Rawrgh - Raging Tide wrote: »I know a couple people that have given out their account info to people they've never met online.
I had to read the above like 6 times -.-[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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Michael_dark - Lost City wrote: »And you're absolutely correct. Anyone that could really **** your account would be far more interested in gaining ahold of your ebay account, your paypal account, financial accounts, etc... a video game would be the least of your concerns.
But what if those other servers do not have known bugs, but the PW server does?
"Hacking", in the real sense, requires a bug in the server. So IF someone would discover that the PWI server login software is flawed, we WOULD see real account hacks.
However, it's far easier to secure a server than it is to get the actual game bug-free. I'm not in the business, but I've never heard of a "real" case of hacking. It's ALWAYS some sort of giving away your information.
Currently I'm literally flooded with "account management", "account verification", "your account has been closed" etc. mails for WoW. Funny enough, I never played that game... but it's one of the games where I think that even regular generic malware might go for the account logins, as valid accounts might sell well enough. I don't think any F2P game is THAT successful, though --- there might be "bots" and other "tools" designed to phish your account data instead of doing what they claim to do, but those are targetted specifically at PW (or whatever game) users.Slow progress, game is getting way too grindy :-( Quests I still hope to be able to do some day: FB39, General Feng0 -
Some advice I was given in one of the first games I played:
Never trust anyone you can't walk up to and punch in the face.0 -
Armsman - Archosaur wrote: »Some advice I was given in one of the first games I played:
Never trust anyone you can't walk up to and punch in the face.
^-- epic win xDWhen I got the meaning of melee mixed up:
'Maj.. Melee ffs.. means I'm punching you in the face 1 foot away!'
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Yindra - Sanctuary wrote: »Currently I'm literally flooded with "account management", "account verification", "your account has been closed" etc. mails for WoW. Funny enough, I never played that game...
Funny, same for me but I only got one email from them saying my password had been changed and my email flagged it immediately.[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
RoidAbuse is awesome, only he would sell his sperm for gear!!
"Toughest monster? ..... RedsRose b:surrender" - Kantorek
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RedsRose - Lost City wrote: »I had to read the above like 6 times -.-
im still reading it...i still dosnt make sense to me0 -
Safe code, been done long time ago. Needs to be a security code on the stash as well though.
But as far as so-called hackers getting financial info by "hacking" my account. I don't cash shop, so PWE has no financial info on me.There's no such thing as a "Perfect World" full of Jade, diamonds, gold, and other riches and treasures. There is only an imperfect world, with an imperfect society, full of imperfect people, with imperfect idea's about how to be perfectly rich and perfectly perfect. No one cares about being perfectly kind, perfectly fair, or perfectly content.
It's a perfectly sad world.0 -
Fist_Mama - Harshlands wrote: »im still reading it...i still dosnt make sense to me
b:surrender Glad it's not just me. He is lucky I know him b:chuckle[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
RoidAbuse is awesome, only he would sell his sperm for gear!!
"Toughest monster? ..... RedsRose b:surrender" - Kantorek
Where is my 1 v 1 Kan? b:mischievous0 -
Yindra - Sanctuary wrote: »But what if those other servers do not have known bugs, but the PW server does?
"Hacking", in the real sense, requires a bug in the server. So IF someone would discover that the PWI server login software is flawed, we WOULD see real account hacks.
However, it's far easier to secure a server than it is to get the actual game bug-free. I'm not in the business, but I've never heard of a "real" case of hacking. It's ALWAYS some sort of giving away your information.
Currently I'm literally flooded with "account management", "account verification", "your account has been closed" etc. mails for WoW. Funny enough, I never played that game... but it's one of the games where I think that even regular generic malware might go for the account logins, as valid accounts might sell well enough. I don't think any F2P game is THAT successful, though --- there might be "bots" and other "tools" designed to phish your account data instead of doing what they claim to do, but those are targetted specifically at PW (or whatever game) users.
Excuse my misuse of the term hacking as opposed to cracking, phishing, key-logging, packet-sniffing or whatever. I use the term colloquially as many people here who claim to have such things happen to them call it 'being ****'.
Even if they were to gain access to the login/name server, it's possible that data is encrypted anyway, so having access doesn't necessarily mean that you've been compromised. Example would be message boards, there are a number of boards that have had exploits or hacks that could give them access to modify or delete files, but in none of the cases I know were people's accounts or private messages compromised. It would take a successful attempt at phishing it from you or most likely you giving out your details to someone that you shouldn't have trusted.
Even if your user name is ABCDEF and your password is 123456, it's highly unlikely that your account would be compromised by someone even trying. From what I understand if you have multiple failed attempts at accessing your account it may be banned, however I'm not sure if PW's security system actually allows for this.
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Rawrgh - Raging Tide wrote: »I know a couple people that have given out their account info to people they've never met online.
b:puzzledb:infuriated the more i read it.. the more confused i got.. i think i got it for a sec.. but come 2nd thought.. i dont... b:surrender[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]"wink wink"0 -
GUYS How Do you Put Safe Code On Gear? I Already put Safe Code On Bank, But how you Put In Safe Code On Gear??????0 -
This is good advice. Seriously though are there people that don't already do this? Most people learned this as a lowbie. I learned this by a friend that went to Iraq and then had his super rare mounts (back in 2009) stolen by a "friend" and he never got them back.Push me,
And then just touch me.
Tilll I get my,
Satisfaction.0 -
Hontaru - Heavens Tear wrote: »
GUYS How Do you Put Safe Code On Gear? I Already put Safe Code On Bank, But how you Put In Safe Code On Gear??????
Bind it.[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]0 -
*cough* necro and +1 to post count....but honestly this should be sticked or atleast the OP. Maybe this will open some of the eyes of idiots.If I sound like I hate you, please don't take it personally...chances are I actually do.0
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I have never ever given out my PWI passwords to anyone and never will but I have been given friends log in info before and do know someone that was ripped off badly by a so called friend that he had known for many years. He trusted the friend and ended up losing millions and millions worth of gear and money. I always say dont trust anyone and this proves the point. So many people will do anything to get FREEBIES so no matter how many warnings are given you will always get those that give out their Info then cry on wc that the lot has gone[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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Armsman - Archosaur wrote: »Some advice I was given in one of the first games I played:
Never trust anyone you can't walk up to and punch in the face.
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If "hackers" want it, they can get in PWI accounts and alter information.
No question, but the chances are so slim, that only if u **** a guy off really hard enough, he would attempt it cause its personal.
my advice:
Dont be a douce, don't be too t(h)rustingSins are Scissors, Psychics are Rocks, and Archers, Venos, Barbs, Wizards, BMs, Mystics, Seekers are Paper ...and Clerics are Mushrooms.
Paper beats Rock. Scissors beats Paper. Scissors also happens to beat Rock ...until Rock gets 50k+ soulforce at which point Rock becomes an unstoppable killing machine that beats Paper... and would beat Scissors but it can't find Scissors, because Scissors are invisible.
So Scissors beat Paper and avoids Rock, and that is called BALANCE.0 -
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Majesta - Dreamweaver wrote: »Dear fellow gamers
The reason for making this thread is because several people in my faction/FL got '****' lately.
'****'? -> I don't believe in the real hackers: getting **** that way is almost impossible in PWI.
'****' = giving your account info to someone else, either a person you thought you could trust or a phishing site. Logging in later and finding all your money and valuable items are missing...
So for all you people out there: set your SAFE CODE.
Set a safe code, that is different from your pwi log in password (duh?) for your account. You can do this at any banker. Once set, you have to enter the safe code first to be able to get into your bank and/or take gear off of your character. Thus making it impossible for people to get to your good stuff. Just dump all your money and valuable stuff in your bank. Just keep pocket money on your char then.
If you don't have enough space in bank to store everything, wait till you wanna log out and place all the non tradeable items in your bag, thus making space for valuable items to store in your bank ^^
In any case: do -not- give you safe code away to anyone!!!! (you shouldnt have given your pwi log in data to someone else in the first place).
It's a shame these things happen, especially when they thought a person could be trusted.
But I hope this thread can prevent some of it happening, cause this is something I wouldn't wish my worst enemy b:sad
~ Majesta
sorry your friends were involved in the (buy coin sites),are they going to admit..hmm prob not.This game is like washing hair with shampoo... Rinse and repeat if desired.
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