Guild Wars 2 adds an authenticator system

Fans of Diablo 3, and other Blizzard games may know about the Authenticator system, meant to keep your account safe. Guild Wars 2 is getting Authenticator support. As of today, the Authenticator system is in Beta.

Mobile two-factor authentication is an alternative means of securing your Guild Wars 2 account, 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.

The important part there, for fans of the Windows Phone 8 releaseing soon, is that you can get an authenticator on Windows Phones. Once I get my Windows Phone 8 this christams, the Authenticator will be the first thing I get.

Exciting times for fans of security in Guild Wars 2.

Post is here: https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/news/Beta-Feature-Mobile-Two-Factor-Authentication