Steams mobile authindicator sucks

[Zlach]

you cant do anything about 7 day trade hold when you get a new phone you should be able to confirm its you and be able to trade right away and if you can pls tell me

[Zefar]

I'm sure scammers would love this feature when they get hold of the account and add their mobile phone as the protection.

[Zlach]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Zefar:

I'm sure scammers would love this feature when they get hold of the account and add their mobile phone as the protection.

listend i just want to be able to trade and not wait the 7 extra days

[Satoru]

Oprindeligt skrevet af 『♥』zac19m『♥』:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Zefar:

I'm sure scammers would love this feature when they get hold of the account and add their mobile phone as the protection.

listend i just want to be able to trade and not wait the 7 extra days

So would scammers

[Zlach]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Satoru:

Oprindeligt skrevet af 『♥』zac19m『♥』:

listend i just want to be able to trade and not wait the 7 extra days

So would scammers

if you dont wanna tell me that you agree then just dont comment i know that there are scammers that wanna be able to do that BUT the mobile thing is still really ♥♥♥♥ at times i know that some people got saved due to it but still it can be really ♥♥♥♥ sometimes

[Satoru]

Oprindeligt skrevet af 『♥』zac19m『♥』:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Satoru:

So would scammers

if you dont wanna tell me that you agree then just dont comment i know that there are scammers that wanna be able to do that BUT the mobile thing is still really ♥♥♥♥ at times i know that some people got saved due to it but still it can be really ♥♥♥♥ sometimes

Note this is a discussion forum and as such people will you know discuss things. You don’t get to dictate what people say

Again do you think it’s a great idea for a scammer to be able to hijack an account, remove the Authenticato, add their own, and trade all your items away in 5 minutes

[The Giving One]

Clearly explained in the support page under the restriction you are talking about :

Mobile Authenticator Added

A Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator provides additional security for your account. Adding an authenticator does not immediately remove existing restrictions. Trades created within the first 7 days of adding the authenticator will still have up to a 15 day trade hold. This allows your items to still be protected and gives you time to recover your account if a malicious actor were to ever add an authenticator to your account.


https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1047-edfm-2932#appadded

This came about after much debate, and the other consideration was to get rid of private trading altogether, that some still feel would have been much better.

EDIT.............

Oprindeligt skrevet af 『♥』zac19m『♥』:

you cant do anything about 7 day trade hold when you get a new phone you should be able to confirm its you and be able to trade right away and if you can pls tell me

Also, there is no such thing as a "7 day trade hold". People make this mistake very often. And you CAN do something about it, and that is transfer it to the new phone instead, IF You had it on a previous phone.

There are three different duration times for trade holds :

1 day = Friends with the user on Steam for a year or more
2 or 3 days = transferring the mobile authenticator to a new phone
15 days = normal trade holds otherwise, for all other situations.

What you have is a "restriction", not a "trade hold". The restriction lasts 7 days, and during this time, you have trades that are held for up to 15 days. Any trades you make during this time of 7 days will have those holds.

After the 7 days is up, there will be no more holds, as long as you don't cause another restriction on your account.

So it is very important to understand the difference between restrictions and holds.

[nullable]

Oprindeligt skrevet af 『♥』zac19m『♥』:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Satoru:

So would scammers

if you dont wanna tell me that you agree then just dont comment i know that there are scammers that wanna be able to do that BUT the mobile thing is still really ♥♥♥♥ at times i know that some people got saved due to it but still it can be really ♥♥♥♥ sometimes

It is typical for users to feel something sucks when they try to use a feature first and understand it second... only to find out they didn't use it right because they made assumptions as the Giving One (edit) and Hotsauce have pointed out.

When you Ready, Shoot, Aim sometimes there's consequences. Next time Ready, Aim, Shoot and you'll be good to go.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

You had it on your old phone?

If yes, why didn't you transfer it correctly?

[The Giving One]

Oprindeligt skrevet af cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

You had it on your old phone?

If yes, why didn't you transfer it correctly?

:qr:

I caught that also. He did say "new" so I added an edit above.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Oprindeligt skrevet af The Giving One:

Oprindeligt skrevet af cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

You had it on your old phone?

If yes, why didn't you transfer it correctly?

I caught that also. He did say "new" so I added an edit above.

I went straight to reply before reading any other post.

[The Giving One]

Oprindeligt skrevet af cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

I went straight to reply before reading any other post.

:taloslol:

But then again, if he disabled it from an old phone, as we often see that mistake made before making the suggestion that they should have transferred it instead, he would be complaining about a 15 day restriction in the OP instead of the 7 day one, as I am sure you are aware.

[DarkStarKnight]

Oprindeligt skrevet af 『♥』zac19m『♥』:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Satoru:

So would scammers

if you dont wanna tell me that you agree then just dont comment i know that there are scammers that wanna be able to do that BUT the mobile thing is still really ♥♥♥♥ at times i know that some people got saved due to it but still it can be really ♥♥♥♥ sometimes

This is a discussion forum, if you don;t people disagreeing with you, then don;t create a topic, simple

[Falro the Great]

Optional security is as good as no security at all.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Falro the Great:

Optional security is as good as no security at all.

I dont think steam was insecure before.

[Γαῖα]

OP

If you only came here to get people to agree with what you think then you have much to learn about the real world alongside scamming practices.