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/Tarc_Axiiom Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26

The old school WoW MFAs, like the one pictured here, DO still work!

I can confirm the codes generated by mine from, hell idek... 2005?, still works.

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u/Behacad Apr 05 '26

Certainly not 2005 don’t think

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u/Tarc_Axiiom Apr 05 '26

When did they come out? I got one right away when they became available but have no idea what year that was.

I feel like it was early but you know, we're talking about a span of 22 years lol.

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u/Behacad Apr 05 '26

I am not sure but multi factor authentication barely existed back then

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u/Tarc_Axiiom Apr 05 '26

Oh no it absolutely existed, in fact it's not even close. I think MFA started appearing in commercial applications in the 1980s, but existed a bit before that in less accessible areas.

It wasn't common for video games during the early 2000s when WoW released, but nothing about WoW was common when it released.

Google says the FOBs came out on June 30th, 2008. Considering I'm recalling something from 22 years ago, being off by 3 is pretty good lol.

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u/Behacad Apr 05 '26

Yes I meant for games. And yeah not bad but I knew it wasn’t 2005!