My friend is being harrassed.

[campo]

A random individual added my friend on steam and started a creepy conversation about her personal information, and its really scaring her. She claims that she blocked him but he is still messaging her. What do I do? We both reported him but he won't stop.

[Hextravert]

Messaggio originale di camPo:

What do I do? We both reported him but he won't stop.

You do nothing.

As for your friend, she can delete, report and/or ignore the harasser.

[campo]

she can't ignore a person that just told her own personal information.

[Fox]

Messaggio originale di camPo:

she can't ignore a person that just told her own personal information.

Additionally to what Hextravert says, if this goes that far, local authorities are the way to go. Don't be the messenger, though : the affected individual should go file a complaint themselves.

[Mister Popo]

how much personal info do they keep on their profile page? i remember on xbox live people used to troll by googling people names and locations that they had on their profiles and telling them whatever they found in the results to spook them.

[campo]

not alot.

[Satoru]

Messaggio originale di LCP Kraken:

how much personal info do they keep on their profile page? i remember on xbox live people used to troll by googling people names and locations that they had on their profiles and telling them whatever they found in the results to spook them.

Indeed users can only find information if you make it available. There's nothing inherently on Steam itself that can expose any user infomation to others. Your IP address is the only actual identifiying information. And that only tells you 'generally' where you might live.

But if you give out information I might find something about you.

For the OP if I wanted to troll them I could claim:
they might live in IL and definitely their computer has a virus issue before. Probably a teenager, with a sibling. Also has Minecraft installed.

All that I found out because the OP posted that information in various places that I googled in 5 minutes.

If you put ANY information about yourself on the Interent, it can likely be found and correlated. It is the virtual versino of a cold/warm reading.

[Big Al]

Messaggio originale di Satoru:

For the OP if I wanted to troll them I could claim:
they might live in IL and definitely their computer has a virus issue before. Probably a teenager, with a sibling. Also has Minecraft installed.

Wow dude, stop harassing him.

But seriously OP, tell your friend to stop posting her personal information online, and to block the person in question.

[campo]

she didn't have alot of info on steam, this guy went DEEP into her profile. like going to her clan site and on her profile there. It's okay though, he got all the infomation from the clan site, so hes not spying on her facebook or w/e. she sent an email to steam support. thanks guys.

Messaggio originale di Big Al:

Messaggio originale di Satoru:

For the OP if I wanted to troll them I could claim:
they might live in IL and definitely their computer has a virus issue before. Probably a teenager, with a sibling. Also has Minecraft installed.

Wow dude, stop harassing him.

But seriously OP, tell your friend to stop posting her personal information online, and to block the person in question.

[Tyranocif]

If you both claimed that you blocked him, then you obviously aren't ignoring him. If she posted her own personal information online, then that's her fault for being that gullible.
In all honesty, we're people on the Internet and we cannot help total strangers with their own personal problems. This shouldn't even be in Steam discussions; this should be on Help & Tips instead since you're asking for help and tips unrelated to Steam itself.

[campo]

the problem is already resolved dude

Messaggio originale di Tyranocif:

If you both claimed that you blocked him, then you obviously aren't ignoring him. If she posted her own personal information online, then that's her fault for being that gullible.
In all honesty, we're people on the Internet and we cannot help total strangers with their own personal problems. This shouldn't even be in Steam discussions; this should be on Help & Tips instead since you're asking for help and tips unrelated to Steam itself.

[Syncroniam]

We could care less.

[InSanchez]

hello, im handsome

[Satoru]

Messaggio originale di camPo:

she didn't have alot of info on steam, this guy went DEEP into her profile. like going to her clan site and on her profile there. It's okay though, he got all the infomation from the clan site, so hes not spying on her facebook or w/e. she sent an email to steam support. thanks guys.

Like I said, if you put personal information out there, someone will find it. So just let your friend know to be mindful of that next time.

Assume anything and everything is being broadcast on a neon billboard outside of Time Square if you put it anywhere on the Internet.

People leak their own personal information far more than 'hackers' do.

[Eanraig]

Messaggio originale di Tyler, The Creator:

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[Black Blade]

for some nice examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqeOnfQmZPY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4yLapOlPNg