I suspect alot of it is to cover for people who sell their accounts on ebay
or via this medium (email mailing lists) who after they receive payment,
call Verant up and say that someone "hacked" their account-- providing them
with the original info about their account so that the people who purchased
the account have it taken away.
On a similar note, people go into stores, open EQ boxes, write down the
keycode and then sell it to people to use for warez downloads of EQ (or use
it themselves). Then whoever buys the actual software tries to use the
keycode but it's already used. And all verant tells them is that they must
be entering the keycode wrong. (the moral message? Don't buy an EQ game if
the box looks like it's been opened or tampered with). My sister had that
happen. She was lucky that the store she bouth EQ from had a return policy.
luv,
-Su

> Ok I had never thought about getting my account "hacked" into. I would

have

> thought that as long as I didn't give out my information that I would be
> safe. I have friends who are aware of the name yes but have no clue about
> the password. And as their accounts are worth far more than mine I don't

see

> that they would try to figure out the password, plus, I don't see them as

the

> kind who could figure out how to hack into my computer. But if for some
> reason we were hacked into....and I lost all my stuff and character...I

would

> cancel my subscription and sell my game. No way would I tolerate losing

that

> and keep paying. But I'm guessing this isn't a every day thing right? I
> mean it makes me think of AOL and how they are constantly saying don't

give

> out your password.
>
> Lena
>
>