I've been looking at the paid content for D&D Beyond, desiring a few things to purchase, however, since I have to give away my personal information, I don't think it's a good idea to buy it. I'd like the opinions of others; Is it really safe to buy the content?
To access D&D beyond, you don't have to give them any personal information that you haven't already given to your login provider; either google or apple. If you so wished, you could create a brand new account just for access D&D Beyond with minimal personal information.
As for making purchases, you give D&D Beyond the exact same information you would give any company to make online transactions; card and billing details. D&D Beyond uses the same security methods for payment authentication and securely handling card details as any other only storefront would.
Ultimately D&D Beyond takes privacy and security very seriously, which is part of the reason why they use 3rd party account authentication (it's more secure to rely on apple or google as they have a much larger and more secure authentication backend then any company smaller than them could develop).
Beyond has been in business for three years, selling millions of dollars in digital content to many countless thousands of players, and doing so with the blessing and explicit cooperation of Wizards of the Coast. If they were burning people, they would not still be here doing what they're doing.
That said, I don't know what sort of personal information they're asking for, outside of payment information typical to any online transaction?
I've been looking at the paid content for D&D Beyond, desiring a few things to purchase, however, since I have to give away my personal information, I don't think it's a good idea to buy it. I'd like the opinions of others; Is it really safe to buy the content?
I've been looking at the paid content for D&D Beyond, desiring a few things to purchase, however, since I have to give away my personal information, I don't think it's a good idea to buy it. I'd like the opinions of others; Is it really safe to buy the content?
I'll just risk saying this here. Do you have a debit or credit card? Facebook? Nothing is private from someone who wants it and DDB is no more risky than going to Target.
I've been looking at the paid content for D&D Beyond, desiring a few things to purchase, however, since I have to give away my personal information, I don't think it's a good idea to buy it. I'd like the opinions of others; Is it really safe to buy the content?
I'll just risk saying this here. Do you have a debit or credit card? Facebook? Nothing is private from someone who wants it and DDB is no more risky than going to Target.
you can pay cash at target so thats not entirely true.
As for the OP: DDB is perfectly safe if your really concerned buying online just get a credit freeze and use a credit card. That way your not responsible for any fraudulent charges if there were to be a breach and even if they get all of your personal info the credit freeze stops them from doing anything with it.
The easiest way to protect yourself while shopping online is to pay attention to your credit card statements and make sure you can match the charges on them to actual purchases you made. And if you see a discrepancy, call your credit card company right away so you can alert their fraud prevention department.
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
As for making purchases, you give D&D Beyond the exact same information you would give any company to make online transactions; card and billing details. D&D Beyond uses the same security methods for payment authentication and securely handling card details as any other only storefront would.
Not really, normally just having a paypal account is sufficient, but D&D Beyond forces you to put in a name and address on top of that.
Some sites pull your name and billing information directly from PayPal, and others don't. It's actually more secure to not pull the information because it's an extra level of authentication and a sanity check
I personally have not been attacked by any of my digital purchases on this site.
Joking aside, 6thLyranGuard's advice about paying attention to your financial statements is the best way to go about checking the authenticity of anything you have paid for.
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Have the Physical Books? Confused as to why you're not allowed to redeem them for free on D&D Beyond? Questions answered here at the Hardcover Books, D&D Beyond and You FAQ
Looking to add mouse-over triggered tooltips to such things like magic items, monsters or combat actions? Then dash over to the How to Add Tooltips thread.
Some sites pull your name and billing information directly from PayPal, and others don't. It's actually more secure to not pull the information because it's an extra level of authentication and a sanity check
I didn't realize you had intimate details on D&D Beyonds API calls to be able confidently say what calls they make. Regardless I'll remember your advice to only trust websites that ask for your street address.
If you are concerned, never use a debit card for online purchases, only ever a credit card. A debit card transaction is direct access to your money. If you use a credit card instead, you have the extra security of things having to go through a major company like Citi, etc. to protect you from fraud.
Some sites pull your name and billing information directly from PayPal, and others don't. It's actually more secure to not pull the information because it's an extra level of authentication and a sanity check
I didn't realize you had intimate details on D&D Beyonds API calls to be able confidently say what calls they make. Regardless I'll remember your advice to only trust websites that ask for your street address.
I wasn't speaking specifically to D&D Beyond's API calls, just that some sites automatically query your name and address information from Paypal and autocomplete it, and some don't. By not autocompleting that information and asking you to enter it, it creates an added layer of security by having you provide information that needs to be verified against your payment information.
I also wasn't saying to only trust websites that only ask for certain information, just pointing out the additional security in a sanity check on such information.
I've been looking at the paid content for D&D Beyond, desiring a few things to purchase, however, since I have to give away my personal information, I don't think it's a good idea to buy it. I'd like the opinions of others; Is it really safe to buy the content?
To access D&D beyond, you don't have to give them any personal information that you haven't already given to your login provider; either google or apple. If you so wished, you could create a brand new account just for access D&D Beyond with minimal personal information.
As for making purchases, you give D&D Beyond the exact same information you would give any company to make online transactions; card and billing details. D&D Beyond uses the same security methods for payment authentication and securely handling card details as any other only storefront would.
Ultimately D&D Beyond takes privacy and security very seriously, which is part of the reason why they use 3rd party account authentication (it's more secure to rely on apple or google as they have a much larger and more secure authentication backend then any company smaller than them could develop).
Find my D&D Beyond articles here
Beyond has been in business for three years, selling millions of dollars in digital content to many countless thousands of players, and doing so with the blessing and explicit cooperation of Wizards of the Coast. If they were burning people, they would not still be here doing what they're doing.
That said, I don't know what sort of personal information they're asking for, outside of payment information typical to any online transaction?
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D&D Beyond is perfectly safe.
I'll just risk saying this here. Do you have a debit or credit card? Facebook? Nothing is private from someone who wants it and DDB is no more risky than going to Target.
you can pay cash at target so thats not entirely true.
As for the OP: DDB is perfectly safe if your really concerned buying online just get a credit freeze and use a credit card. That way your not responsible for any fraudulent charges if there were to be a breach and even if they get all of your personal info the credit freeze stops them from doing anything with it.
The easiest way to protect yourself while shopping online is to pay attention to your credit card statements and make sure you can match the charges on them to actual purchases you made. And if you see a discrepancy, call your credit card company right away so you can alert their fraud prevention department.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Not really, normally just having a paypal account is sufficient, but D&D Beyond forces you to put in a name and address on top of that.
Even simple sites like dmsguild don't do that.
Some sites pull your name and billing information directly from PayPal, and others don't. It's actually more secure to not pull the information because it's an extra level of authentication and a sanity check
Find my D&D Beyond articles here
I personally have not been attacked by any of my digital purchases on this site.
Joking aside, 6thLyranGuard's advice about paying attention to your financial statements is the best way to go about checking the authenticity of anything you have paid for.
#Open D&D
Have the Physical Books? Confused as to why you're not allowed to redeem them for free on D&D Beyond? Questions answered here at the Hardcover Books, D&D Beyond and You FAQ
Looking to add mouse-over triggered tooltips to such things like magic items, monsters or combat actions? Then dash over to the How to Add Tooltips thread.
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I didn't realize you had intimate details on D&D Beyonds API calls to be able confidently say what calls they make.
Regardless I'll remember your advice to only trust websites that ask for your street address.
If you are concerned, never use a debit card for online purchases, only ever a credit card. A debit card transaction is direct access to your money. If you use a credit card instead, you have the extra security of things having to go through a major company like Citi, etc. to protect you from fraud.
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I wasn't speaking specifically to D&D Beyond's API calls, just that some sites automatically query your name and address information from Paypal and autocomplete it, and some don't. By not autocompleting that information and asking you to enter it, it creates an added layer of security by having you provide information that needs to be verified against your payment information.
I also wasn't saying to only trust websites that only ask for certain information, just pointing out the additional security in a sanity check on such information.
Find my D&D Beyond articles here