Steam now asks questions about your LOGIN.

[Karo Zagorus]

Steam have NO RIGHT to ask ANYTHING about why I am USING A VPN.

I use it for PRIVACY, if I want to log in, and I verify it with a DEVICE, it is MY CHOICE to LOG IN.

And seriously, what are these ridiculous questions? Trying to AVOID A VAC BAN? Trying to BYPASS TRADE LIMITS??????? What the HELL IS GOING ON VALVE?

[Lithurge]

I'm using a VPN and haven't been asked any questions. Either you've done something that looks suspicious (even if it isn't) or you're not speaking to Valve support.

[Ogami]

Well, technically using a VPN is against the Steam TOS which explicitly forbids the use of any VPN program with the Steam client to hide your true location.
You agreed to those terms when creating your Steam account and any time you bought or activated a game on Steam.

Of course a lot of users still use a VPN and i never heard of anyone getting asked any questions about it by Steam.
Where did you see those question or where did they pop up`? Did you take any screenshots?

[Karo Zagorus]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Well, technically using a VPN is against the Steam TOS which explicitly forbids the use of any VPN program with the Steam client to hide your true location.
You agreed to those terms when creating your Steam account and any time you bought or activated a game on Steam.

Of course a lot of users still use a VPN and i never heard of anyone getting asked any questions about it by Steam.
Where did you see those question or where did they pop up`? Did you take any screenshots?

It was demanding questions regarding my login, and using a VPN is my right to online privacy, I still use a Hungarian address and payment details when I pay for games and Steam does know these so there these rules are ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS that nobody is allowed to use a VPN to log in to fully circumvent illegal local government corruption and surveillance of online activity.

My country remained the SAME on this account ever since the creation of this account.

[ADAMTS13]

i think this is very seuriors matter

[Lithurge]

Originally posted by Karo Zagorus:

Originally posted by Ogami:

Well, technically using a VPN is against the Steam TOS which explicitly forbids the use of any VPN program with the Steam client to hide your true location.
You agreed to those terms when creating your Steam account and any time you bought or activated a game on Steam.

Of course a lot of users still use a VPN and i never heard of anyone getting asked any questions about it by Steam.
Where did you see those question or where did they pop up`? Did you take any screenshots?

It was demanding questions regarding my login, and using a VPN is my right to online privacy, I still use a Hungarian address and payment details when I pay for games and Steam does know these so there these rules are ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS that nobody is allowed to use a VPN to log in to fully circumvent illegal local government corruption and surveillance of online activity.

No the rules are that you can't use them to circumvent region restrictions, i.e. buy games from a country you are not residing in so you can get them cheaper than you would be able to otherwise.

That's why many people are able to use VPN's and not get banned for it, because they don't abuse the system.

[Karo Zagorus]

Originally posted by Lithurge:

Originally posted by Karo Zagorus:

It was demanding questions regarding my login, and using a VPN is my right to online privacy, I still use a Hungarian address and payment details when I pay for games and Steam does know these so there these rules are ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS that nobody is allowed to use a VPN to log in to fully circumvent illegal local government corruption and surveillance of online activity.

No the rules are that you can't use them to circumvent region restrictions, i.e. buy games from a country you are not residing in so you can get them cheaper than you would be able to otherwise.

That's why many people are able to use VPN's and not get banned for it, because they don't abuse the system.

Jesus, my account is still set onto the Hungarian market ever since I created my account, so who is circumventing what here?

Valve have absolutely no right to ask these questions if the password and the 2FA token or QR verification comes back positive, all it is allowed to do is to ask the login is my attempt to log in, Valve can clearly see if the instance is logged in multiple times or not and if there is account sharing going on or not, but I don't get why these extremely privacy invading and outrageous questions have to be asked.

[d3str0y3r]

Originally posted by Karo Zagorus:

Originally posted by Lithurge:

No the rules are that you can't use them to circumvent region restrictions, i.e. buy games from a country you are not residing in so you can get them cheaper than you would be able to otherwise.

That's why many people are able to use VPN's and not get banned for it, because they don't abuse the system.

Jesus, my account is still set onto the Hungarian market ever since I created my account, so who is circumventing what here?

No one said that is what you are doing. That is simply why the no VPN rule is their, to stop people from doing it.

Valve has the right to ban VPN's off their platform if they with and users on told this in the SSA before they sign up.

You agree that you will not use IP proxying or other methods to disguise the place of your residence, whether to circumvent geographical restrictions on game content, to order or purchase at pricing not applicable to your geography, or for any other purpose. If you do this, Valve may terminate your access to your Account.

https://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement

[Lithurge]

Originally posted by Karo Zagorus:

Originally posted by Lithurge:

No the rules are that you can't use them to circumvent region restrictions, i.e. buy games from a country you are not residing in so you can get them cheaper than you would be able to otherwise.

That's why many people are able to use VPN's and not get banned for it, because they don't abuse the system.

Jesus, my account is still set onto the Hungarian market ever since I created my account, so who is circumventing what here?

Do you live and work in Hungary? If you do then that's not the reason the questions are being asked. Although I will reiterate the question - are you sure it's coming from Valve, as Ogami said screenshots would help here.

[Karo Zagorus]

Originally posted by Lithurge:

Originally posted by Karo Zagorus:

Jesus, my account is still set onto the Hungarian market ever since I created my account, so who is circumventing what here?

Do you live and work in Hungary? If you do then that's not the reason the questions are being asked. Although I will reiterate the question - are you sure it's coming from Valve, as Ogami said screenshots would help here.

Yes, account was logged in had to reset my computer, and then mobile login notification asked these questions in the main mobile app.

[J4MESOX4D]

What questions were they asking? I'm sure it's nothing more than security-related because location changes and masking can sometimes mean an account is compromised.