Steam is pointlessly overprotective.

[B]

My account is worth only few bucks, no one will ever try to login thru my account
But All these systems like trade hold ,pending money and ♥♥♥♥ are not useful but just annoying af.

I think Steam should make us an option wheather if you want to make your account overprotective or not.
And I think Mobile authenticator is strong enough to protect my account

I wont cry like "Uh valve I got my account hacked 😭😭😭"

[auamoti]

i agree. let me use a 2 character pw if i want. let me smoke pot if i want. etc

[cinedine]

You say so until you get something of value and get scammed out of it.

You cannot control the future. You probably will be quite miffed if you lose your 500 dollar item because five years ago you opted into "I will never get scammed" and are now refused any help.

[Rainwatcher]

Origineel geplaatst door HollowKnight:

And I think Mobile authenticator is strong enough to protect my account

So...I'm no security expert....although having a functional working knowledge of computer and information security is a usefull skill for my day job...

But...when people far more knowledgeable than I (Techcrunch article)[techcrunch.com] say that SMS and mobile phone based authentication is bad (above articles source)[pages.nist.gov] I tend to listen.

[Theblaze]

Security features should not be optional.

People who thought they know any better proved otherwise by somehow still getting their steam account hijacked and complaining on the forums that steam's security is bad.

[Rainwatcher]

Your reasoning is...understandable, but your logic is flawed.

The human element of digital security works kinda like herd immunity. In the same way that a handfull of anti-vaxers can cause an outbreak of a treatable disease[www.vaccineswork.org], having some users being unprotected by trade holds, currency holds, and the like makes the entire platform more vulnerable to things like pivot attacks where if an account that seems reputable (say, one that has a bunch of levels, badges, and the like) can be taken over, then that seemingly reputable account can be used to scam others from a more advantagious position.

Of course I personally refuse to use the mobile authenticator (see above), so I simply opt out of use of the market entirely due to the seven day trade hold, save for the rare occasion that I have a few dollars left in my steam wallet for some reason and I buy some cards or an emote.

[wuddih]

your account is not limited. therefore it can be used freely on Steam and allows all form of community interactions. if someone takes control of it, he can use it for whatever.

in terms of Steams item economy, the protection is not just for you, but for everyone else.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Origineel geplaatst door HollowKnight:

My account is worth only few bucks, no one will ever try to login thru my account
But All these systems like trade hold ,pending money and♥♥♥♥♥♥are not useful but just annoying af.

I think Steam should make us an option wheather if you want to make your account overprotective or not.
And I think Mobile authenticator is strong enough to protect my account

I wont cry like "Uh valve I got my account hacked 😭😭😭"

Your hijacked account effects other people, reguardles of how little value your feel your account has. The systems in place are for everyone's protection, not just your own.

[auamoti]

Origineel geplaatst door wuddih:

your account is not limited. therefore it can be used freely on Steam and allows all form of community interactions. if someone takes control of it, he can use it for whatever.

in terms of Steams item economy, the protection is not just for you, but for everyone else.

this is actually a good response. i dislike people anticipating my reaction down the road, but you make a valid point here.

[Flapples]

not sure, all these security features have saved my ass and ♥♥♥♥♥♥ me over countless times