surveillance 2The SMS Protect requirement, a measure intended to curb toxic and disruptive player behavior, now includes cell phones on a prepaid plan, Blizzard Entertainment announced on Thursday. This means that for many players of the free-to-play hero shooter, the need to link a Battle.net account to a cell phone number is returning.
SMS Protect was disabled for the majority of cases surveillance 2 Players on October 5, as Blizzard was dealing with a series of connectivity issues stemming from the game’s much-anticipated launch the previous day. Blizzard introduced the phone number requirement to limit free account creation and sanction bad actors without banning them only to see them come back later.
However, since SMS Protect didn’t work with the data plans on prepaid phones, many players were effectively locked out a week before the new game launched. makes things worse surveillance 2 replaces the 2015 original whose servers shut down on October 3rd, meaning longtime fans didn’t have access to either game or their progression.
Blizzard then removed the SMS Protect requirement for existing Battle.net accounts, while maintaining it for new accounts or those that have never connected to the game through Battle.net.
SMS Protect is a tool in a broader approach that Blizzard developers call the “Defense Matrix” that “is designed to help protect the integrity of gameplay and encourage positive behavior surveillance 2.” The game is available now for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X.
