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iPhone app review: Battle.net Mobile Authenticator

by Rand Miranda
http://www.jacksonville.com

Now you can use your iPhone for extra security with your World of Warcraft account.

On Friday, Blizzard added the free Battle.net Mobile Authenticator app to the iTunes App Store.

Previously, you could order a dongle for $6.50 (plus shipping and handling) and use the code it generated to protect your WoW (or other online Blizzard) account from identity and toon theft. With the recent changes the video game maker has made incorporating all of its titles under the Battle.net umbrella, this makes it a little easier and safer for your online toons.

Just open the app and it generates a pin code. Type that pin code in when logging in and once validated, you are good to play.

Note: I did a little quick and dirty Photoshopping so the numbers shown are not lined up as they are when actually generated.

You’ll need to sign up at the Blizzard Web site if starting this to link your app version (you get a code for each app) to your account. If you have a dongle, you can continue to use it as normal or deactivate it and then activate the iPhone app.

You can’t beat free when it comes to protecting your toons and it shows that Blizzard recognizes the power of the iPhone and App Store as the company has promised to offer more WoW (and other games such as Diablo and Starcraft) content for mobile phone users.

I wouldn’t be surprised if down the road, Blizz added an official Armory app such as Characters (reviewed here) already does.

Rand

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