Can't sell or buy items after clearing my Internet cookies

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Blanchflower 3 Ιουλ 2014, 9:26

OK, I cleared my browsing history and now I can't buy or sell community items for 7 days! Why is this so? I am using the same laptop! However, if I go to my Steam application, I face no problems!

Is this a common occurrence?

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Kargor 3 Ιουλ 2014, 9:39

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Blanchflower:
Yes, I deleted my cookies as well. So in future, I should not do this?

Well, technically Steamguard is only interested in one specific cookie (or maybe it's a few more, I don't know the details). You can delete all cookies except for those -- or just none of the Steam cookies to be on the safe side.

Either way, the "new device" is "device"-specific. Your Steam client should still be authorized and not have a cooldown.

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spoof 3 Ιουλ 2014, 9:39

it does not restrict me , 3 people already reported no restriction after a format either.
it is a bogus restriction easy to fix.

Τελευταία επεξεργασία από spoof; 3 Ιουλ 2014, 9:40

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Quint the Alligator Snapper 3 Ιουλ 2014, 9:44

FYI, if you open your Steam client AND navigate your browser to Steam, you may experience problems that you don't get with just Steam client running.

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spoof 3 Ιουλ 2014, 9:45

exactly its all a bit tricky.

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Bad 💀 Motha 3 Ιουλ 2014, 9:45

History hasn't anything to do with Cookies.
They are completely separate.

Internet Cache / Temp Internet Files = the images and html files that make up a website.
History = things u type in address bar, and history of each link visited.
Cookies = data u wish websites to remember, such as usernames, passwords.

Also how are you deleting such info, the names of each may differ from app to app. However one thing usually never changes name and that is cookies. If u want websites to still remember u after u clear out temp junk, don't remove the cookies. Such as in CCleaner for example, you will want to untick the Cookies options for an installed browser you use.

If an app u use for clearing out such info, or the browser has a separate options for "Cookies" and "Passwords" then untick both of these options so u do not remove that data.

If a browser has a hotkey for clearing out your temp/browser files, then be mindful of what it is clearing out, as it could be clearing out everything if u are not given an option when using such method. I always use and suggest CCleaner for such things, it supports all the major browsers. IE, FF, Chrome, Opera, Safari.

Τελευταία επεξεργασία από Bad 💀 Motha; 3 Ιουλ 2014, 9:48

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Quint the Alligator Snapper 3 Ιουλ 2014, 9:47

Cookies are not passwords. Passwords are saved by your browser for easy login. Cookies are set by remote sites on your computer, to remember who you are -- so you don't have to login again.

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Blanchflower 3 Ιουλ 2014, 9:50

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Quint the Angry Seagull:
Cookies are not passwords. Passwords are saved by your browser for easy login. Cookies are set by remote sites on your computer, to remember who you are -- so you don't have to login again.

Thanks! I am learning something new! I am a bit of a novice when it comes to computers!

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Blanchflower 3 Ιουλ 2014, 9:51

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Spawk:
Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από ReBoot:
Selectively accepting cookies is a way better way to deal with them.
Best advice in this thread.

The question is, how do I go about doing it?

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Quint the Alligator Snapper 3 Ιουλ 2014, 9:52

I have Firefox ask me every time a site wants to set a cookie. I generally deny cookies from advertising sites (as well as anyplace that's sketchy), and allow sites that I know and trust, and "allow for session" ones from commercial sites such as Amazon or EBay.

(You can tell the browser to remember your choice for all cookies from a given site.)

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Genghis 16 Απρ 2016, 21:11

Absolute lot of crap........Steam is a joke for what it has done !!!!!! So you need my computer to HAVE all browsing history intact just to verify my computer. Lot of ♥♥♥♥♥* shi*. More like your taking that info via updates and selling my information on. Seriously this should be against data laws and I am raging

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FFL2and3rocks 16 Απρ 2016, 21:12

As they said before... cookies, not browser history.

That's what cookies do. They remember you. It's a very basic, common function of a browser. If you delete them, you will be forgotten.

Τελευταία επεξεργασία από FFL2and3rocks; 16 Απρ 2016, 21:13

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