http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view.php?id=7269

Already got something going for this.

Like COUNTLESS users, I logged in unaware of the change and found that my character name was the same as my computer login credentials. A "FEATURE" that defaults to publicly displaying information which may be sensitive is absolutely unacceptable.

Feature all you want based off the Steam ID or a Generic "Player" - DO NOT FOR ANY REASON DEFAULT TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S COMPUTER LOGIN NAME. This information could be, and quite often is, sensitive personal information.

I mean no one EVER gets mad in DayZ... not ever...

For the record, I did not fail but I did see real names (first or first and last) on no less than 1/2 and more like 3/4 of players at the time. I'd say I jumped around to maybe a dozen servers so give or take - upwards of a couple hundred names.

Yes it is a fail on the individual for basic computer/internet security - however I believe this fail absolutely cuts both ways. The proof is in the fact that real names were displayed in the first place due to an added "feature" in a video game. You may not recall people shitting bricks when blizzard wanted to link battle.net and facebook accounts during SC2 beta.

I've also got $5 that says defaulting everyone to "player" would be a hell of a lot easier and cheaper to code than hooking their login name. Someone thought this was a good idea and it isn't.

Name change as a feature = Great! Glad it was introduced!

Hell, being able to use something other than a Steam ID in a game where people get butthurt at the cyclic rate is a smart move.

I'm going to say that any "feature" that defaults to publicly displaying your computer login name rather than either a game-side default character name or your Steam name is, at the very least, a bug.

Unknown, its the version I automatically downloaded from steam (114557) today when I got on.

And yet this gets down votes... how is pointing out that a game is using your computer login name (which might be your real name) as a default setting something that gets voted down?

Its not like there are obviously available change logs and/or patch notes... I mean the character name looked exactly the same as it always had and it was never editable before that I'm aware of.