What’s hilarious is that deletion of account might require government issued pho...

jonny_eh · on Oct 8, 2019

Devil's advocate here: They probably put this check in place due to the extremely high number of hacked Battle.net accounts.

Sohcahtoa82 · on Oct 9, 2019

Don't even need to play Devil's Advocate here.

I guarantee 100% that this is the exact reason. If they're truly deleting ALL your data, could you imagine the customer service nightmare if someone's account got hacked and the attacker could issue a request to delete the entire account with no method for recovery?

FDSGSG · on Oct 10, 2019

What's the point? Anyone can buy fake id scans for $50 at most, $20 if you aren't getting ripped off.

Blizzard obviously doesn't authenticate these IDs as that isn't really possible.

The fact that you can do essentially anything to a Battle.net account with just an ID scan is a huge vulnerability.

Thebroser · on Oct 8, 2019

I tried deleting my account just now and was prompted with a screen asking for it. "Might" might well be an understatement.

castis · on Oct 8, 2019

I successfully deleted mine earlier today and did not have to present any sort of ID. "Might" stands.

dvdgsng · on Oct 8, 2019

They even want an ID copy when revoking the right to process personal data (GDPR). Screw them. Lets upload pictures of Winnie-the-Pooh instead.

jaimex2 · on Oct 9, 2019

Brilliant!