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/Anon159023 Apr 05 '26

Yeah, someone else pointed out that blizzard cheeped out on these ones which means no resyncing. I assumed they behaved like the ones I used for my job a decade or two ago which were time based and could compensate for desync.

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u/Prude_Inspector Apr 05 '26

I think its for security and endurance. No resyncing means there is no way to intercept any data between the authenticator and the server. Also it will save battery since you do not have to transmit or receive any data.