Is there any hardware 2FA available for steam?

[Lapo Stale]

I had a physical 2FA for blizzard, wonderif anything similar exist for steam

[Snapjak]

Not unless you consider buying a smart device exclusively for the mobile authenticator.

[Mountain Months]

nope despite it being repeatedly requested for many years they dont actually care about user account security and want to force their bloated store app on everyone instead

[Lapo Stale]

that sucks.. specially considering my steam account is worth more than my bank account atm ♥♥♥♥♥

[Eagle_of_Fire]

I can't see how any 2FA can actually help increase the security of your account. Most people who get "hacked" or otherwise have their account compromised do it on their own by sharing their personal info (including passwords) or managing to get an hold of whatever the name of that packet of info on your computer which is used to identify you, which mean that they can connect to your account without even logging in, in the first place.

In the vast, vast majority of cases 2FA is a waste of time, bandwidth an only serve to add a false sense of security to the user.

[Rin]

There's nothing wrong with MFA. What doesn't help at all though is when galaxy brains give away their account willingly.

[ReBoot]

Publicado originalmente por Cigareta Rumena:

that sucks.. specially considering my steam account is worth more than my bank account atm ♥♥♥♥♥

Using a smartphone for 2FA does seem sensible in this situation.

[Lapo Stale]

Publicado originalmente por ReBoot:

Publicado originalmente por Cigareta Rumena:

that sucks.. specially considering my steam account is worth more than my bank account atm ♥♥♥♥♥

Using a smartphone for 2FA does seem sensible in this situation.

I do have it, but I'm probably getting a second phone just for auths to keep it home, I got my phone stolen in metro last year, it was a pain getting everything back and in order.

[Tito Shivan]

Publicado originalmente por Cigareta Rumena:

I had a physical 2FA for blizzard

And Blizzard rolled out their keyfobs in favor of the mobile authenticator.

Publicado originalmente por Eagle_of_Fire:

Most people who get "hacked" or otherwise have their account compromised do it on their own by sharing their personal info

And account theft now works like that because 2FA is basically ubiquitous.

[Lapo Stale]

Publicado originalmente por Tito Shivan:

Publicado originalmente por Cigareta Rumena:

I had a physical 2FA for blizzard

And Blizzard rolled out their keyfobs in favor of the mobile authenticator.

Publicado originalmente por Eagle_of_Fire:

Most people who get "hacked" or otherwise have their account compromised do it on their own by sharing their personal info

And account theft now works like that because 2FA is basically ubiquitous.

my blizz auth is still working, they wanted to kill the service??

[Tito Shivan]

Publicado originalmente por Cigareta Rumena:

my blizz auth is still working, they wanted to kill the service??

https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/authenticator-mobile-app-migration-deadline-approaching/479703
Hardware based keyfobs will work for as long they have battery. Once they're out of juice it's either the app or the highway.

[Lapo Stale]

Publicado originalmente por Tito Shivan:

Publicado originalmente por Cigareta Rumena:

my blizz auth is still working, they wanted to kill the service??

https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/authenticator-mobile-app-migration-deadline-approaching/479703
Hardware based keyfobs will work for as long they have battery. Once they're out of juice it's either the app or the highway.

Thanks for sharing, also my hw key is pretty old, might swap asap

[ReBoot]

Publicado originalmente por Cigareta Rumena:

Publicado originalmente por ReBoot:

Using a smartphone for 2FA does seem sensible in this situation.

I do have it, but I'm probably getting a second phone just for auths to keep it home, I got my phone stolen in metro last year, it was a pain getting everything back and in order.

You can recover Steam Guard easily if you got the same phone# which you'll get after reporting your old SIM as stolen.

[Lapo Stale]

Publicado originalmente por ReBoot:

Publicado originalmente por Cigareta Rumena:

I do have it, but I'm probably getting a second phone just for auths to keep it home, I got my phone stolen in metro last year, it was a pain getting everything back and in order.

You can recover Steam Guard easily if you got the same phone# which you'll get after reporting your old SIM as stolen.

Yeah I did already and fixed everything, I was just thinkering an alterative way to keep my 2fa safe

[Tito Shivan]

Publicado originalmente por ReBoot:

You can recover Steam Guard easily if you got the same phone# which you'll get after reporting your old SIM as stolen.

I had to recently as my phone decided to die on me. It's quite straightforward if you have the same SIM.

However nowadays is a pain in the rear how many things you lose and so many hoops you have to go through to get things working if your phone dies on you and have no backup. It's almost like losing an organ.

[ReBoot]

Publicado originalmente por Tito Shivan:

Publicado originalmente por ReBoot:

You can recover Steam Guard easily if you got the same phone# which you'll get after reporting your old SIM as stolen.

I had to recently as my phone decided to die on me. It's quite straightforward if you have the same SIM.

However nowadays is a pain in the rear how many things you lose and so many hoops you have to go through to get things working if your phone dies on you and have no backup. It's almost like losing an organ.

... not if you keep the phone#. SMS recovery is an option for a huge lot of 2FA out there. Including Steam, including email. I've moved my Steam & Microsoft 2FA to a new phone this way just recently.