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Dev blog: Email verification and you

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CCP Phantom
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C C P Alliance
#1 - 2013-08-29 16:30:56 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Phantom
We are glad to inform you that with immediate effect we introduce mandatory email verification for all new EVE Online accounts. Already existing accounts can optionally verify their email with an according button on Account Management.

We have also added a nice little feature that may help those of you with multiple accounts; you can see all accounts with the same email, directly from Account Management.

For more details how to verify your email and the benefits of email verification, please read CCP Stillman's dev blog Email verification and you!

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Dierdra Vaal
Interstellar Stargate Syndicate
#2 - 2013-08-29 16:48:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Dierdra Vaal
Cool. Will this become mandatory for existing accounts at some point? And also, will we ever be able to use the security dongle we got at fanfest... 2012?

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#3 - 2013-08-29 16:50:04 UTC
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once we’re ready to discuss further some of the other projects we’re working on, accounts with verified email will be able to opt into these new systems without having to verify their email at that time.


if we don't want to 'opt in' we wont be made too ?

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Makoto Priano
Kirkinen-Arataka Transhuman Zenith Consulting Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#4 - 2013-08-29 16:54:18 UTC
All verified!

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#5 - 2013-08-29 16:55:33 UTC
Dierdra Vaal wrote:
Cool. Will this become mandatory for existing accounts at some point? And also, will we ever be able to use the security dongle we got at fanfest... 2012?
Or an app! I don't need anything else on my keychain!

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Noriko Mai
#6 - 2013-08-29 16:56:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Noriko Mai
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We're adding a new feature which allows you to see all accounts with the same email, directly from Account Management.

Does this mean I can type the email of a friend an see his username or even if he has more accounts? I think nobody uses a seperate email only for EVE or much less for every account.

EDIT:
I had my second account showing there. Then I changed it to a friends email* and back again and now it shows another of my accounts and a random one that I never heard of.

*he verified it

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Aethlyn
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2013-08-29 17:26:24 UTC
Nice, but the confirmation email (at least the German one) is a bit annoying to use:

- The activation link isn't clickable.
- The activation link is right inside text, so copying it is even harder.

Could you add a paragraph right before and after the link and make it clickable in the HTML version of the mail?

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Noriko Mai
#8 - 2013-08-29 17:33:01 UTC
Aethlyn wrote:
Nice, but the confirmation email (at least the German one) is a bit annoying to use:

- The activation link isn't clickable.
- The activation link is right inside text, so copying it is even harder.

Could you add a paragraph right before and after the link and make it clickable in the HTML version of the mail?

Do you use hotmail? It tried it and it wasn't clickable in hotmail but in googlemail it is.

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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#9 - 2013-08-29 17:36:31 UTC
Seeing the accounts is both good and bad in case someone gets hacked...

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Noriko Mai
#10 - 2013-08-29 17:40:29 UTC
Chribba wrote:
Seeing the accounts is both good and bad in case someone gets hacked...

Yeah. Hack one, hack all, beacause most use the same password for all accounts.

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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#11 - 2013-08-29 17:42:36 UTC
Noriko Mai wrote:
Chribba wrote:
Seeing the accounts is both good and bad in case someone gets hacked...

Yeah. Hack one, hack all, beacause most use the same password for all accounts.

Exactly and this way, they suddenly got the list of all accounts instantly.

/c

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Entity
X-Factor Industries
Synthetic Existence
#12 - 2013-08-29 17:43:55 UTC
Chribba wrote:
Noriko Mai wrote:
Chribba wrote:
Seeing the accounts is both good and bad in case someone gets hacked...

Yeah. Hack one, hack all, beacause most use the same password for all accounts.

Exactly and this way, they suddenly got the list of all accounts instantly.

/c


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#13 - 2013-08-29 17:51:32 UTC
Chribba wrote:
Noriko Mai wrote:
Chribba wrote:
Seeing the accounts is both good and bad in case someone gets hacked...

Yeah. Hack one, hack all, beacause most use the same password for all accounts.

Exactly and this way, they suddenly got the list of all accounts instantly.

/c


Might as well list all the characters on each account too. That way when they try to login to account management from a different IP later they don't have to go login to the game first to get a name of a character on that account to answer the challenge question.

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Jion Keanturi
#14 - 2013-08-29 17:53:06 UTC
Noriko Mai wrote:
Chribba wrote:
Seeing the accounts is both good and bad in case someone gets hacked...

Yeah. Hack one, hack all, beacause most use the same password for all accounts.

yep... that's not cool when you get hacked but why on earth would you use the same password twice? On the interwebbz? Now that's just asking for trouble.
Scatim Helicon
State War Academy
Caldari State
#15 - 2013-08-29 17:58:36 UTC
Dierdra Vaal wrote:
Cool. Will this become mandatory for existing accounts at some point? And also, will we ever be able to use the security dongle we got at fanfest... 2012?


2011.

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Sarmatiko
#16 - 2013-08-29 18:25:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Sarmatiko
I tried to verify my email but received mail on russian. Why? Language preference based on my location or there are other criteria? How to stop this "we know better what you need" madness from CCP side and choose default language once and for all?

Also email verification is a good thing, but when will we get proper Email Authorization that is common standard in other MMO's? (Switched IP subnetwork, provider or location? Get an email!)
JIYing Usoko
Sun Orchid Space Inc
#17 - 2013-08-29 19:15:21 UTC  |  Edited by: JIYing Usoko
Aethlyn wrote:
Nice, but the confirmation email (at least the German one) is a bit annoying to use:

- The activation link isn't clickable.
- The activation link is right inside text, so copying it is even harder.

Could you add a paragraph right before and after the link and make it clickable in the HTML version of the mail?


And whatever you do, don't accidently click that second link.
Unless you like having your account marked as permanently banned!
Jordanna Bauer
Taylor Swift Fanclub
#18 - 2013-08-29 19:22:01 UTC
Please add the account switching via email feature to the login screen!
Mashie Saldana
V0LTA
WE FORM V0LTA
#19 - 2013-08-29 19:34:46 UTC
Nice is this the first step towards having a single account for all characters/subscriptions?

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Team Hemi
#20 - 2013-08-29 20:25:18 UTC
If I could add a suggestion. I verified all my accounts. I use a Gmail account. When they all come in with the same subject line they all get put in the same thread. Maybe put like a unique request identifier or something in the subject line. This way they don't all collapse. Just My 2 cents.
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