New Steamguard Email Format!! (Verify Login Location)

[Tito Shivan]

Steam has changed the format of the email in which they send you the Steamguard code, they've included now a link to verify if the location where Steam is trying to log in matches the computer where you're logging from.

The new Steamguard email looks like this:

Dear [username] ,

We've received a request to access your Steam account from a new computer
located at IP address: XX.XX.XX.XX
Our records show this IP address is in [country]
If that location does not reasonably match your location or the location of your
Internet Service Provider, then follow this link for more information: Verify Login Location

If the information provided does not match then do not proceed, close the browser window, and change your password immediately.

If you did not attempt this action, please change your password immediately.

To complete this process, enter the following special access code into the
authorization dialog before trying to log in again:

[Steamguard code]

Thanks for helping us maintain the security of your account.
The Steam Support Team
http://www.steampowered.com

By going to the "Verify Login Location" link you're sent to this page[www.dropbox.com].

If your Actual location and your Steam login adress do not match, the page will look like this[www.dropbox.com]

Another step in helping users to keep their account secured.

[Slay___]

The IP address geo location is nowhere accurate (yet?) so if it points to random (or capital city) in same country/state as you are don't be alarmed..

[Morbo]

Sounds good, thanks for the heads up!
I'll be interested to see how accurate the Geo-IP is...I've had sites pin-point my exact town, while some have me at the same IP Address but no where near my real location.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by Slay___:

The IP address geo location is nowhere accurate (yet?) so if it points to random (or capital city) in same country/state as you are don't be alarmed..

Originally posted by Archduke:

Sometimes my IP address is apparently in Bath, at others, it is Poole. In reality, I am in neither.

What really should matter is both adresses have to be the same.

If your actual location says X and your login attempt says Y... Red flag.
And Geo-IP accuracy depends on many factors, not all of them under Steam control.
(And yes, Geo-IP sometime give funny results :D)

[Falro the Great]

Thanks, Tito. This is a good change.

[Egorgeur]

Thank you Tito! This is exactly what I was worried about after my verification said I was accessing from the middle of nowhere in Indiana.

[zZzooey.exe]

Originally posted by newyearnewv:

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

Steam has changed the format of the email in which they send you the Steamguard code, they've included now a link to verify if the location where Steam is trying to log in matches the computer where you're logging from.

The new Steamguard email looks like this:

By going to the "Verify Login Location" link you're sent to this page[www.dropbox.com].

If your Actual location and your Steam login adress do not match, the page will look like this[www.dropbox.com]

Another step in helping users to keep their account secured.

Very creepy Steam.

now thats what i call necro