The chief benefit to having a PIN set up: added security. It's as simple as that. This ensures that if you *do* manage to get CGed, they can only work with what you've got on hand (NP onhand or items in your inventory), or what you don't have covered.
The entire process is fairly simple. From anywhere, you can roll your mouse over "My Account" at the top of the page. Click on "Control Panel".
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9 downloadsThis will bring you to the "Account Control Panel" page. Here, you can modify all your information. The link we're looking for is "PIN Preferences"
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7 downloadsYour first time here, you can set up your PIN. Pick something that you're going to remember, but nothing *too* obvious or unsafe (1234, your birthday, real world PIN, etc).
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7 downloadsAfter you set up your PIN, set it up to protect your shit. I'd recommend covering everything relevant on your account; bank, shop and SDB are a good call for everyone. Unequipping your pet and Pound/Neopets transfer is good for anyone with actual pets (not just there as placeholders). Obviously, be smart about what you cover (or rather, don't cover). If you've got Candychan on one of your pets, cover petpet removal. If you've got SoS equipped to your battledome pet, cover pet transfer and unequipping. And I'm going to make sure this next point is nice and clear for you all:
***Be sure to cover EMAIL CHANGES and REMOVING YOUR NEOPETS ACCOUNT***
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6 downloadsHopefully this will give you all a little peace of mind, knowing that (at the very least) you'll be able to re-obtain your account if you get CGed.
Edit: Apparently in my time on the internet, I haven't been able to figure out how to attach a picture successfully
Edit 2: Fixed it... Sort of
Edited by Puppetmaster, 22 July 2010 - 06:13 PM.
