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EA_Blueberry
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7 years ago

Re: Mobile authenticators to stop cheating

To increase the security of your EA account we have Login Verification which will send a code to you via email, text, or by logging in with an authentication code. More information on that can be found below. We're not aware of any intentions to require players to have a phone to play Apex Legends. 

Login Verification

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/account/origin-login-verification-information/

This was from the recent Respawn Check-In on 3.8.2019

https://answers.ea.com/t5/News-Game-Updates/Respawn-Check-In-3-8-2019/m-p/7653687#M17

CHEATERS

As of today we’ve banned over 355K players on PC through Easy-Anti-Cheat. The service works but the fight against cheaters is an ongoing war that we’ll need to continue to adapt to and be very vigilant about fighting. We take cheating very seriously and care deeply about the health of Apex Legends for all players.

We are working on improvements to combat cheaters and we’re going to have to be pretty secretive about our plans. Cheaters are crafty and we don’t want them to see us coming. With that said, we can share some high levels things we’re doing:

  • We are reaching out and working directly with experts, both within and outside of EA, in this area that we can learn from.

  • Scaling up our anti-cheat team so we have more dedicated resources.

  • We are adding a report feature on PC to report cheaters in game that goes directly to Easy-Anti-Cheat.

4 Replies

  • TheFecesLord's avatar
    TheFecesLord
    7 years ago

    Like my name, it's a pile of *...  Your bans happen once a week.

    Two chinese players on a random team of mine...  Total cheating.  zzyy1994 was his name.  I watched him head shot every single player.  His aim locked on everyones head.  All he could do was laugh at me and speak in chinese.

    Your game is broken on the PC front because you have no mobile authentication.

  • rusemanxoxo's avatar
    rusemanxoxo
    7 years ago

    That has nothing to do with what the OP is talking about blueberry. The idea is that you don't queue people together unless they've verified their phone number.

  • Ariautoace's avatar
    Ariautoace
    7 years ago
    Blueberry, what you said is separate from the OP.

    EA has their s*it together pertaining to what you said. Respawn is all over the place. It's good they admitted to not know what to do; but hey we all have so much patience when it comes to the hacking plague.
  • RichAC's avatar
    RichAC
    7 years ago

    @EA_Blueberry wrote:

    To increase the security of your EA account we have Login Verification which will send a code to you via email, text, or by logging in with an authentication code. More information on that can be found below. We're not aware of any intentions to require players to have a phone to play Apex Legends. 

    Login Verification

    https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/account/origin-login-verification-information/

    This was from the recent Respawn Check-In on 3.8.2019

    https://answers.ea.com/t5/News-Game-Updates/Respawn-Check-In-3-8-2019/m-p/7653687#M17

    CHEATERS

    As of today we’ve banned over 355K players on PC through Easy-Anti-Cheat. The service works but the fight against cheaters is an ongoing war that we’ll need to continue to adapt to and be very vigilant about fighting. We take cheating very seriously and care deeply about the health of Apex Legends for all players.

    We are working on improvements to combat cheaters and we’re going to have to be pretty secretive about our plans. Cheaters are crafty and we don’t want them to see us coming. With that said, we can share some high levels things we’re doing:

    • We are reaching out and working directly with experts, both within and outside of EA, in this area that we can learn from.

    • Scaling up our anti-cheat team so we have more dedicated resources.

    • We are adding a report feature on PC to report cheaters in game that goes directly to Easy-Anti-Cheat.


    It wouldn't be crazy idea.  even homeless people get government phones now.   Every kid I know has a phone from their parents...