#0 - July 6, 2010, 8:53 p.m.
Blizzard is violating the privacy of children. Blizzard is building their games in such a way that children's real names are available to anybody that they think is their online friend long enough to mutually click a button. This is a terrible idea.
We all know there are creeps online. Ask any actual female who has played a female toon for more than a few minutes, or has spoken in ventrilo during a pug.
Here are some contact pages for some people who may feel this is a bigger deal than Activision/Blizzard evidently do.
http://abcnews.go.com/Site/page?id=3068843
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32359544/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/08/01/eveningnews/main15218.shtml
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,77538,00.html
Considering the millions of children that play Blizzard games, I think bringing this betrayal of trust to wider attention is perfectly valid.
Ban Away. I must say I am incredibly disgusted by the forum policy which is apparently to shove every bit of conversation regarding this topic into the 200+ page megathread where it will be readable by nobody.
