Part of the problem with the Real ID system is that many addons will be able to pull your real name from the Real ID. Inside this article on this new site (www.MMO Melting Pot.com --bookmark it now) I found a link to a script that apparently tells whether your addons will reveal your identity.
http://www.mmomeltingpot.com/2010/07/a-brief-realid-roundup/
Here's the script itself, pulled from an MMO Champion forum posting apparently.
http://www.threadmeters.com/rYhyCm/Addons_can_show_you_someones_RealID/
By the way, there are rumors that both British and French government entities are investigating Blizzard's privacy breach. I have been wondering myself how European governments would take this policy, whether Blizzard's reversing the policy will back them off, or whether this will open an investigation into Blizzard's lax security policies in other areas.
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2 comments:
Hi there! Thanks very much for linking to us at MMOMeltingPot and also for the plug - that's awesome. Great that you've seen the site too. Hope you like it - keep us posted, we go out of our way to keep in touch with folks. Perhaps scarily so ;)
Just one small thing - MMOMeltingPot's not actually associated with Matticus or WoM - it's being run by Mimetir, one of his writers :)
Have a good weekend!
Rebecca, thank you for the correction. I will edit the article to make it right. I have enjoyed the site a lot. Keep up the good work.
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