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« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2011, 08:51:10 PM » |
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looks good tbh
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When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.
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« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2011, 08:57:48 PM » |
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Reading a couple of these horror stories, the reason Steam accounts get hijacked is because users have been naive enough to have the same password for their email and steam account logins making it easy for a hijacker to take over the account and change the password to make sure the owner cannot log back in. Steam Guard still cannot protect against the aforementioned scenario as far as I can tell. Plus, how does it recognise a "new computer" exactly? I presume it does it the easiest way via your IP address which will suck for those with dynamic IPs. I guess another option would be to read the Windows OS serial number or something, I know when Steam scans your hardware it does pickup on that. As much as I welcome Valve introducing new account security features, the best form of account protection will only be the component between the chair and the keyboard (along with an AV and Firewall as well.  .) |
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« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2011, 09:08:50 PM » |
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Plus, how does it recognise a "new computer" exactly? the cpu chip. |
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« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2011, 09:11:55 PM » |
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Is there a way to see the email of a steam account?
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« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2011, 09:16:28 PM » |
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Is there a way to see the email of a steam account?
Steam > Settings > First Tab : "Contact Email" |
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« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2011, 09:32:07 PM » |
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« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2011, 09:32:13 PM » |
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As much as I welcome Valve introducing new account security features, the best form of account protection will only be the component between the chair and the keyboard (along with an AV and Firewall as well. .) Yeah, agreed. Can't hurt to opt in though. |
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« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2011, 09:42:05 PM » |
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Don't really like it, glad its optional.
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« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2011, 09:51:40 PM » |
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looks good to me. Identifying computers uniquely isn't done by IP address, There are a whole bunch of hardware identifiers for every component, make, model, serial number, mac address etc and these can all be combined.
It means you may have to reauthorize if you upgrade anything, but an email code isn't too much trouble.
Still, It's only as strong as the email password. With accounts being worth thousands of £'s nowadays, I'd rather they gave you the option for dongles or smartphone apps to provide the second factor, to protect you against your machine being compromised by keyloggers etc.
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« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2011, 09:57:58 PM » |
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« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2011, 10:03:37 PM » |
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Do want blizz-like authenticators.
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« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2011, 10:25:01 PM » |
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But if you use an authenticator on your email address this has the same effect without the extra hassle.
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« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2011, 10:48:40 PM » |
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Warning! Downloading the beta client counts as opting in.
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« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2011, 07:01:42 AM » |
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Plus, how does it recognise a "new computer" exactly? the cpu chip. The unique MAC address of your network controller would be good enough. Microsoft can use that when they detect hardware changes during Windows Activation. |
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