As someone who really enjoys the work that our developers here do, I would like to make a suggestion to keep everyone here at TheBuddyForum safer from bans!
I believe that it would be in the interest of everyone here to disable links to EVERY Blizzard owned web-site.
Why?
Everytime someone clicks a link to a build from this web-site they are subjecting themselves to a red-flag from Blizzard. While this red-flag may not be something they directly look at, it is something that could very easily give away the fact that you bot.
When you click a link from one web-site to another, the destination web-site is sent a request from your web browser along with packets telling the destination web-site where you clicked the link from. In other words, if someone posts a build on these forums, and you click it, you are taken to the build and then Blizzard receives a packet stating that you navigated towards that link from this web-site.
How does that affect me as a botter?
If you're botting under the same IP as where you're using your web-browser, which I guarantee 99% of the people here are, then everytime you navigate to a Blizzard web-site from a link here, you're telling Blizzard, "Hey, I'm botting on this IP address, I bet you can't find out what account I'm using too!"
What can I do, as a botter, if this is not implemented to protect myself or others?
You can protect yourself by not clicking on links that are directly to a Blizzard web-site or simply copying links and pasting them into your browser instead of clicking them!
You can download a referrer blocker for your browser. For Chrome users: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/referer-control/hnkcfpcejkafcihlgbojoidoihckciin?hl=en
You can help protect others by removing the http:// from the beginning of your links so people are forced to copy and paste them into their own web-browsers.
You can also use TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a tiny URL to redirect people from tinyurl, so all Blizzard sees when they click on that link is that tinyurl directed them to the web-page.
WARNING Do NOT click on tinyurl links from people you do not trust, tiny URL could be redirecting you to unsafe phishing web-sites.
If you think this is a good idea please let the developers, moderators and web-site owners know by replying to this thread. Take the extra few moments to reply, because if this post does not receive any support, it will never happen! Let's all help the developers not only keep paying customers, but gain more customers by even further reducing the risk of bans. What bot would you buy? The one that takes angles just inside of it's program? Or one that follows all angles and protects their users not only with the running program, but when they utilize their forums as well?
I believe that it would be in the interest of everyone here to disable links to EVERY Blizzard owned web-site.
Why?
Everytime someone clicks a link to a build from this web-site they are subjecting themselves to a red-flag from Blizzard. While this red-flag may not be something they directly look at, it is something that could very easily give away the fact that you bot.
When you click a link from one web-site to another, the destination web-site is sent a request from your web browser along with packets telling the destination web-site where you clicked the link from. In other words, if someone posts a build on these forums, and you click it, you are taken to the build and then Blizzard receives a packet stating that you navigated towards that link from this web-site.
How does that affect me as a botter?
If you're botting under the same IP as where you're using your web-browser, which I guarantee 99% of the people here are, then everytime you navigate to a Blizzard web-site from a link here, you're telling Blizzard, "Hey, I'm botting on this IP address, I bet you can't find out what account I'm using too!"
What can I do, as a botter, if this is not implemented to protect myself or others?
You can protect yourself by not clicking on links that are directly to a Blizzard web-site or simply copying links and pasting them into your browser instead of clicking them!
You can download a referrer blocker for your browser. For Chrome users: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/referer-control/hnkcfpcejkafcihlgbojoidoihckciin?hl=en
You can help protect others by removing the http:// from the beginning of your links so people are forced to copy and paste them into their own web-browsers.
You can also use TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a tiny URL to redirect people from tinyurl, so all Blizzard sees when they click on that link is that tinyurl directed them to the web-page.
WARNING Do NOT click on tinyurl links from people you do not trust, tiny URL could be redirecting you to unsafe phishing web-sites.
If you think this is a good idea please let the developers, moderators and web-site owners know by replying to this thread. Take the extra few moments to reply, because if this post does not receive any support, it will never happen! Let's all help the developers not only keep paying customers, but gain more customers by even further reducing the risk of bans. What bot would you buy? The one that takes angles just inside of it's program? Or one that follows all angles and protects their users not only with the running program, but when they utilize their forums as well?
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