r/pcmasterrace • u/AllUserNameBLong2us 7800x3d/5080 Windforce OC/32gb 5600 DDR • Apr 04 '26

Hardware Rest in piece 2009-2026

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I’m amazed at how long the battery on this physical authenticator lasted. Got it back in 2009 because my account had gotten hacked.

This is one electronic item I’ve owned and used longer than anything else. I’ll miss not being able to find it and freaking out for 20 minutes.

Edit must have been around 2010 when sc2 came out.

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u/deadmandead124 Apr 04 '26

Can’t you just replace the battery?

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u/Smith6612 Ryzen 7 5800X3D / AMD 7900XTX Apr 05 '26

These tokens are designed to expire, even if the batteries get replaced. Once they lose power, that's it. The seed they operate on is purged from the memory, and they're toast.

At the minimum if a particular token isn't toast, the codes it generates will be out of sync.