Can you guys writh your ideaabout this. i baned and i gona play agine but what i see on ban section mostly ppl geting ban few sec after creat new account what you think ?
The user's machine has been 'fingerprinted'... Hi, Dkopener, Unfortunately, these people have had their machine 'fingerprinted' by Bliz. It will take some Google research to correct this problem. Wikipedia has a very generic explanation of fingerprinting. There are no known legitimate uses of fingerprinting a machine you do not own—fingerprinting a machine you do not own is limited to nefarious purposes, only. Unfortunately, the laws in most countries turn a blind eye to this problem because it is almost impossibe to prove. To demonstrate the concept at a higher level, your browser can be uniquely identified even with cookies disabled. (This is not how Bliz is doing it, but it clearly demonstrates the principles involved.) To see for yourself, head on over to Panopticlick, run the test, and pay attention to the "Does your browser protect from fingerprinting?" result. Repeat the test with your browser's "Incognito mode", and you'll not see much progress. To see how difficult the problem is to correct, try making adjustments such that your browser is not uniquely identifiable. Once you've mastered that, you may start to see the difficulty of solving the problem for your machine, which has a lot more uniquely identifiable information available than just your browser. Many believe a VM or changing IPs can adjust the machine's fingerpint. Unfortunately, this is not near enough. A VM has about the same effect as a browser's "Incognito mode"—it changes things a little, but not near enough to be effective. cheers, chinajade
so basically if you weren't really computer savvy, if you have been suspended once, pretty much don't do it again?
Not only is it just "not enough" it is a MANDATORY process. Creating a completely new OS (never cloning) on a new IP is indeed the best way to start and creating a new "fingerprint". I laugh at how you compare creating a VM to browser Incognito mode, that is just not a good comparison at all. Apples and Oranges. I would completely agree however, many people are "doing it wrong" when it comes to creating VMs.
Hi, Elmo, As stated in the other post, the 'browser comparison' was simply a way to demonstrate the principles involved, and roughly compare effectiveness for people that might not have a technical background. And no, a VM is not mandatory. You can completely change a machine's effective fingerprint without one. But, we agree that doing it takes a bit of research and work that is beyond the skillsets of many. A VM indeed is a way to shortcut some of it. cheers, chinajade
