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[zefo1]

So yea, remember when Real IDs were supposed to be something you use with RL and close online friends?

Not anymore.

TLDR: Real ID is going to be used on the forums. Old posts will remain unchanged, but when cataclysm rolls around all new forum posts will be using your real name.

As someone who's had a history of being harassed by creepy people online

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[cygnia]

Don't forget THIS lovely little bit of paranoia. :(

http://www.wow.com/2010/07/06/security-flaw-allows-addons-to-expose-full-real-life-names-witho/

[darksteele]

Oh for the love of...

FIX YOUR FUCKING GAME!

[gizzybiscuits]

Oh shitwiffles...

[filthy_animal]

I CALLED IT!

To my friends, sure, but I still called it D:

SOOO glad I didn't opt in D:

[cygnia]

It isn't enough to never accept or send out requests though. The only way to truly opt out from what I've been told is to set up parental controls. :(