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Wybrem May 25, 2019 @ 3:46am
Why TF do I need an account
On a random crappy website that prolly gets hacked once in a while. Horrible design.
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Originally posted by Klei-JoeW:
A few things.
First - When you get items and gifts in DST it's on your Klei account, not just Steam and you as a player are represented to us as a Klei Account, not just a Steam account.

Theoretically that helps DST be more independent of any specific platform.

That means we can give you something because you own another game, or other things like some of our big puzzle rewards or twitch drops regardless of platform.

Additionally - it also means we can contact you directly if there is an issue with your account and it helps us find you easier when you are having an issue and adds an extra layer of protection for you (and other players).

At the end of the day, really it just helps us support the game better.

We have never sent emails to these email addresses for any sort of promotional reason. We have never sent bulk email to our Klei accounts for any reason at all actually. And our Klei accounts enable you to see exactly what types of marketing emails you could opt into (or entirely out of).

In terms of "Data Collection" that is entirely unrelated. We have to make you consent to Data Collection to comply with privacy regulations. This is with or without a Klei account.

Data Collection in terms of how we use it and what we collect is laid out in our privacy policy. https://klei.com/privacy-policy

We can't service the game without collecting some data about you so you can't play online if you don't consent to data collection to comply with our own privacy policy as well as regulations.

TL;DR - The email addresses allow us to provide a better service. We aren't gross about how we use it.
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UNBREAKABLE May 25, 2019 @ 4:26am 
Making a thread to complain about this takes more effort than actually making an account.
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fish May 25, 2019 @ 5:24am 
Originally posted by UNBREAKABLE:
Making a thread to complain about this takes more effort than actually making an account.
^
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Soliset lunae May 25, 2019 @ 6:00am 
Originally posted by noobmaster69:
Originally posted by UNBREAKABLE:
Making a thread to complain about this takes more effort than actually making an account.
^

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Luna May 25, 2019 @ 6:18am 
Originally posted by UNBREAKABLE:
Making a thread to complain about this takes more effort than actually making an account.


Originally posted by SILENCE MORTALS:
Originally posted by noobmaster69:
^
op is to lazy to do actually fact checks
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Time May 25, 2019 @ 6:47am 
its literally just an email. give them your email thats it
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Luna May 25, 2019 @ 8:03am 
in all seriusness
1: for security reasons to play online any online game needs a account to work online
2: to help you or punish you if something goes wrong or you do something wrong
3: they just take you're email.
4: if the site gets hacked its just you're email they have nothing else
5: you're email adress is the most worthless thing anybody can get as their email gets thrown in the spam bin. and who checks THAT!
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Wariat117 May 25, 2019 @ 8:20am 
Originally posted by P_Duyd:
1: for security reasons to play online any online game needs a account to work online
that's actually fake, big fake
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Luna May 25, 2019 @ 8:31am 
Originally posted by Wariat117:
Originally posted by P_Duyd:
1: for security reasons to play online any online game needs a account to work online
that's actually fake, big fake
not entirly some games do require that
paladins for example requires a account thats differant from you're steam
its a similair situation with don't starve togheter expect its merged so why my wording is indeed more false my claim wasn't entirly
also the rest of the points still stand
Last edited by Luna; May 25, 2019 @ 8:35am
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Wariat117 May 25, 2019 @ 8:35am 
Originally posted by P_Duyd:
Originally posted by Wariat117:
that's actually fake, big fake
not entirly some games do require that
paladins for example requires a account thats differant from you're steam
its a similair situation with don't starve togheter expect its merged so why my wording is indeed more false my claim wasn't entirly
it's not for security so it's indeed a false claim
the games use their own accounts instead of steam ones for comaptibility (or laziness because they don't want to port steam accounts to work with their stuff)
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Chesmu May 25, 2019 @ 9:47am 
If you are concerned about your privacy and security, read the Klei's EULA, and SSA. If you had more concerns, reach Steam/ Klei support to ask about it.

Last edited by Chesmu; May 25, 2019 @ 9:48am
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fun loving guy May 25, 2019 @ 11:19am 
Originally posted by thing:
Originally posted by noobmaster69:
^
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Deagle Trainee May 25, 2019 @ 11:34am 
Originally posted by P_Duyd:
4: if the site gets hacked its just you're email they have nothing else
5: you're email adress is the most worthless thing anybody can get as their email gets thrown in the spam bin. and who checks THAT!
Completely disagree with all of this. Emails are used and linked to multiple things. They are far from worthless. And having your email hacked can mean someone now has access to all those other websites your email was used on.
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ButterStuffed May 25, 2019 @ 12:36pm 
Originally posted by Deagle Trainee:
Completely disagree with all of this. Emails are used and linked to multiple things. They are far from worthless. And having your email hacked can mean someone now has access to all those other websites your email was used on.
They would only have your email address and not the password to said address no?
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kazoid May 25, 2019 @ 1:17pm 
Originally posted by Deagle Trainee:
Originally posted by P_Duyd:
4: if the site gets hacked its just you're email they have nothing else
5: you're email adress is the most worthless thing anybody can get as their email gets thrown in the spam bin. and who checks THAT!
Completely disagree with all of this. Emails are used and linked to multiple things. They are far from worthless. And having your email hacked can mean someone now has access to all those other websites your email was used on.
and this is why they want an email address. they state it on their website. "perks and gifts" they say.
i play deep rock online daily and i don't have to create ANOTHER account for it...
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Chesmu May 25, 2019 @ 1:21pm 
Klei is not a very small indie team. It has produced many other games too and their security can be trusted. It's not like team of 2/3 developers making a game/site at home.
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