Re: Changes to RealID


On 11 Oct 2010 19:11:40 GMT, Urbin <urbin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

As I haven't seen this mentioned yet, I just stumbled across the following
text at http://www.wow-europe.com/en/news/recent-news.html

New Battle.net Privacy Settings
Daliniya, 01/10/10

We'd like to make you aware of the new Real ID-related privacy options we've
introduced to Battle.net. These options provide Real ID users with
additional tools for customizing the service based on their preferences,
enabling the ability to opt in or out of the Real ID "Friends of Friends"
and "Add Facebook Friends" features or to turn off Real ID altogether.

To access these settings, log in to your Battle.net account at
http://eu.battle.net/account. From there, click on the "Settings" tab
located at the center of the Account Management menu and select
"Communication Preferences" from the dropdown list. The new settings can be
found in the "Privacy" section of the Communication Preferences page.

With these settings, blizzard removes two "features" that caused me not to
use real-id. Now, the only thing they need to get rid off, is that I need to
pass around my battle.net e-mail in order to link up with friends...

Agreed, I opted out of the friends of friends thing as soon as I heard
that was in, great! Still only got 2 friends on it, both very longtime
friends, but I can at least see myself adding a small number of others
over time now.
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