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I've seen a couple of threads asking about the change to the Authenticator and why they aren't being prompted upon login, so I figured i'd port over the announcement from Zarhym here for those who may have missed it.

If you use an authenticator – and we hope you do – you may soon notice that an authenticator prompt may not appear with every login. We’ve recently updated our authentication system to intelligently track your login locations, and if you’re logging in consistently from the same place, you may not be asked for an authenticator code. This change is being made to make the authenticator process less intrusive when we’re sure the person logging in to your account is you.

We hope to continue improving the authenticator system to ensure the same or greater security, while improving and adding features to make having one a more user friendly experience. If you don’t already have a Battle.net Authenticator attached to your account, don’t wait until it’s too late - http://us.battle.net/en/security/checklist

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2674529777
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Bump because I've seen a couple of questions about this recently.
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12/05/2011 07:57 PMPosted by Merlon

So with the authenticator by-pass active, does that mean we will still occasionally be asked for an authenticator code when logging in, even if we've been logging in from the same location consistently?

I don't believe so, no. If you have the by-pass active, it should not ask ever, if it remembers your location.
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