Delete (Manage) Permissions

[SynthZ]

Hi guys, I've looked everywhere and I just can't find it so I require your help.

How do I delete permissions from other websites? I've been asked permission by "Greenlight Arcade" once to enter a giveaway contest to associate my steam account with theirs, but now I no longer want it and I just can't find the the place to manage these permissions.

Plz help!

[Kargor]

Steam doesn't give out permissions, which means there is nothing to manage.

Try their website, maybe they have an option for you to delete the association again.

[SynthZ]

when I first created that account on greenlight they brough me to the steam page, and I made that permission inside steam so I know there's that, so there's gotta be a place to delete those. Google has the same thing.

[Kargor]

Originally posted by Mono:

when I first created that account on greenlight they brough me to the steam page, and I made that permission inside steam so I know there's that, so there's gotta be a place to delete those. Google has the same thing.

Well, if you insist on looking for it on Steam, that's your decision.

Steam does not give out permissions for anything. What you did when you used "login through Steam" was to basically give them a link to your profile, along with Steam telling them that this profile does indeed belong to you. Nothing else.

Although, up until not too long ago, Steam did allow 3rd-party sites to redeem keys to accounts. This did involve you giving your permission, but I suspect that Steam merely returned an encrypted token to the 3rd party site instead of actually storing this stuff.

[Didgy]

To elaborate on what Kargor said, OpenID (the technology "Login with steam" button) is a one-time authorization, every time you login on a site with it a new OpenID request is made - no credentials (other than your profile ID) is stored on the third party website.

If you wish Greenlight Arcade to delete your account and remove a record of your ID, you'll need to contact them, not Steam.

Google's system goes beyond OpenID to use OAuth, a permission system to manage accounts from within others - something Steam used to support for key redemption only (such has Humble Indie Bundle) but this is now deprecated and no longer used.

Hope that makes sense, tried to simplify it as much as possible.

[SynthZ]

Yes, it make sense. so just to be clear, it's not like I can be explored by those websites right?

I'm really picky about these things, it's steam, I love my account, it's my gaming treasure xD

[Tev]

Originally posted by Mono:

Yes, it make sense. so just to be clear, it's not like I can be explored by those websites right?

I'm really picky about these things, it's steam, I love my account, it's my gaming treasure xD

No risk, the login happens on Steam's side and no confidential information carries over OpenID.

[Kargor]

Originally posted by Mono:

Yes, it make sense. so just to be clear, it's not like I can be explored by those websites right?

No. They can only do the same things that ANYONE on the Internet can do with your profile -- look at the public stuff on it. In fact, some websites even ask you to make the profile public temporarily, so they can look at your game library.

The only special thing is that Steam has confirmed that "you" (specifically, the person using the website) know how to log into that profile. Steam tells them you're the actual owner of that profile, not some random guy picking a random profile.

[SynthZ]

perfect!, tks for the answer then you can close the thread.