Blizzard Sued Over Battle.net Authentication

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A man has initiated a class-action suit against Blizzard (http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/11/08/52109.htm) over a product used to shore up Battle.net security. Benjamin Bell alleges that Blizzard's sale of Authenticators — devices that enable basic two-tier authentication — represents deceptive and unfair additional costs to their basic games. (Blizzard sells the key fob versions for $6.50, and provides a free mobile app as an alternative. Neither are mandatory.) The complaint accuses Blizzard of making $26 million in Authenticator sales. In response, Blizzard made a statement refuting some of the complaint's claims (http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/10/blizzard-sued-over-battlenet-authentication) and voicing their intention to 'vigorously defend' themselves.

http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/11/10/1941215/blizzard-sued-over-battlenet-authentication