family share

[Visor]

do i HAVE to give my account to my friends for them to login to be able to authorize their computers so they can play my games on their account?

[WarHeRo]

family share is for your family members, not for your friends

[nullable]

You should never give your account to your friends. If you're not able to access their machine yourself to complete the process, then you're not really really the target audience for Family Sharing. But if you're determined to do a thing, despite the risks, well, there isn't some alternate process for random users to share each other's libraries separate from the normal process.

[Fake]

How long till OP creates a topic about how his items were stolen or a vac ban that wasn't his fault?

[WarHeRo]

Originally posted by nullable:

there isn't some alternate process for random users to share each other's libraries separate from the normal process.

it's not the same, but u can share co-op games with ur friends using remote play:
https://store.steampowered.com/remoteplay?l=english#together

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Visor:

do i HAVE to give my account to my friends for them to login to be able to authorize their computers so they can play my games on their account?

You are the one that physically needs to log into their PC and authorize it for sharing.

[ReBoot]

Use a remote access tool to log into your account yourself.

[nullable]

Originally posted by WarHeRo:

Originally posted by nullable:

there isn't some alternate process for random users to share each other's libraries separate from the normal process.

it's not the same, but u can share co-op games with ur friends using remote play:
https://store.steampowered.com/remoteplay?l=english#together

That would be a great bit of information... if the topic had anything to do with remote play.

[Visor]

yea um "friends" is not my problem right now my problem is whoever im giving my account to, like my dad or brothers are more vulnerable than i am about account security cause if i go and login on my account in their computer and they accidentally download a virus that steals username and passwords im done for so im wondering if theres a way to give someone family share without them having the power to access my account at will

[nullable]

Originally posted by Visor:

yea um "friends" is not my problem right now my problem is whoever im giving my account to, like my dad or brothers are more vulnerable than i am about account security cause if i go and login on my account in their computer and they accidentally download a virus that steals username and passwords im done for so im wondering if theres a way to give someone family share without them having the power to access my account at will

If there's is so much risk that you can imagine, and your family is so untrustworthy, then you should absolutely not family share with them.

No there isn't an alternate sharing system for those who don't like the stated system or who can't trust their family members or their machines.

FYI, if you share your games with them, and anything happens and your licenses gets banned, that's it. No excuses. Don't share your account or games with people who can't be trusted or with untrusted machines.

[Cathulhu]

Ultimately? No.
You could use some remote software like TeamViewer or AnyDesk to enter the login data.
But they could have some keylogger on their computer and just record EVERYTHING.
Which would grant anyone reading that input access to your account.