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nyshak
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany132 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-07 13:32:54
July 07 2010 13:26 GMT
#1
http://www.gamona.de/games/activision-blizzard,blizzards-bashiok-ist-erstes-opfer-der-real-id:news,1769743.html

Rough translation/summary:

In order to defend the new Real-ID feature for BNet 2.0, community manager Bashiok posted his real name on the SC2 forums. Within minutes users were able to get information not only on his CV, but his telephone number, address, age and preferences as well. In addition, they were able to publish his wifes name, that of his cohabitants and the name of his childrens school.

To top it of they found a picture of his house via Google Street View.

Bashiok has already canceled his twitter account.
B-)
Philip2110
Profile Joined April 2010
Scotland798 Posts
July 07 2010 13:27 GMT
#2
Just wow
Master Sc2 - Diamond LoL - Eu W
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
July 07 2010 13:28 GMT
#3
This is why you do not anger the hive mind.
cromat
Profile Joined May 2010
Afghanistan100 Posts
July 07 2010 13:28 GMT
#4
This is irony at its best

However the link does not work for me.
hello
ReachTheSky
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3294 Posts
July 07 2010 13:28 GMT
#5
lolz i bet mr. bashiok feels superb about this ;P
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FreeDoM[YA]
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Canada855 Posts
July 07 2010 13:28 GMT
#6
Damn.... Atleast that showed Blizzard that the Real-ID feature is a bad thing.
captainwaffles
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1050 Posts
July 07 2010 13:29 GMT
#7
Oh my god, thats terrible... both blizzard and the people who screwed Bashik over.
https://x.com/CaptainWaffless
Philip2110
Profile Joined April 2010
Scotland798 Posts
July 07 2010 13:29 GMT
#8
Link doesnt work for me either
Master Sc2 - Diamond LoL - Eu W
danl9rm
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States3111 Posts
July 07 2010 13:29 GMT
#9
i guess this is all done to prove something? these people are despicable.
"Science has so well established that the preborn baby in the womb is a living human being that most pro-choice activists have conceded the point. ..since the abortion proponents have lost the science argument, they are now advocating an existential one."
Roggay
Profile Joined April 2010
Switzerland6320 Posts
July 07 2010 13:30 GMT
#10
Ahahah this is so funny
Stratos_speAr
Profile Joined May 2009
United States6959 Posts
July 07 2010 13:30 GMT
#11
On July 07 2010 22:28 Sadistx wrote:
This is why you do not anger the hive mind.


^

This. Ten thousand times this.

This change is like hitting a wasp nest with a baseball bat.
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.
cromat
Profile Joined May 2010
Afghanistan100 Posts
July 07 2010 13:30 GMT
#12
On July 07 2010 22:29 danl9rm wrote:
i guess this is all done to prove something? these people are despicable.

Why, because they proved how wrong he was?
hello
ionlyplayPROtoss
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada573 Posts
July 07 2010 13:31 GMT
#13
GEEEEEEEGEEEEEE
Ftrunkz
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Australia2474 Posts
July 07 2010 13:31 GMT
#14
Feel really bad for bashiok... He's just a forum moderator and i doubt he had anything to do with the decision, really sucks that he was the one the community used to 'prove a point'...
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Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-07 13:46:13
July 07 2010 13:31 GMT
#15
Ouch, if this is real then it's one of the funniest backfire moments I've heard about.

edit: actually after seeing that forum post, I wouldn't call this a backfire at all, he wasn't really trying to prove anything.
No I'm never serious.
Debo
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States95 Posts
July 07 2010 13:32 GMT
#16
On July 07 2010 22:26 nyshak wrote:
http://www.gamona.de/games/activision-blizzard,blizzards-bashiok-ist-erstes-opfer-der-real-id:news,1769743.html

Rough Translation/summary:

In order to defend the new Real-ID feature for BNet 2.0 community manager Bashiok posted his real name on the SC2 forums. Within minutes users were able to get information not only on his CV, but his telephone number, address, age, preferences as well. In addition they were able to publish his wifes name, that of his cohabitants and the name of his childrens school.

To top it of they found a picture of his house via Google Street View.

Bashiok has already canceled his twitter account.




THIS THREAD DELIVERS!


GG
"Protoss can eat a @#$^!"
TheOracle
Profile Joined May 2010
Australia256 Posts
July 07 2010 13:32 GMT
#17
Lol, well, perhaps they will stop it now?
Duban
Profile Joined July 2009
United States548 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-07 13:34:02
July 07 2010 13:33 GMT
#18
On July 07 2010 22:30 cromat wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 07 2010 22:29 danl9rm wrote:
i guess this is all done to prove something? these people are despicable.

Why, because they proved how wrong he was?

The harassment did 2 things.

1) It proved that you could easily find a person's personal information given their name

2) It proves that people can and WILL use that personal information to harass others.

It proves exactly why Real ID is such a terrible idea. I feel sorry for the guy but he kind of put himself up for slaughter with this one.
An ignorant person makes a mistake. A stupid person makes it again.
Vedic
Profile Joined March 2008
United States582 Posts
July 07 2010 13:33 GMT
#19
He responded when people started posting the info in the main WoW thread for it.

"I should point out that showing a real first and last name doesn't provide any one the right to then seek out additional information on that name and post it here. That has been and will continue to be a violation of the forum code of conduct, and so bans and what have you are incoming. Fair warning."


Raged hard.
I tried to commit seppuku, but I accidentally committed bukkake.
neobowman
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3324 Posts
July 07 2010 13:33 GMT
#20
Think some people are misinterpreting Bashiok.

He posted his name onto the forums to try and PROVE that no one could figure out his personal info. At least that's what I figured out from reading the OP.
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