Password lock on games

[Shin'iri]

With all the different types of games that you can purchase on steam nowadays I think it would be a good Idea to be able to password protect Games or game collections.

For example if a family is sharing a computer or if someone you don't want to access certain games were to be using your personal computer or laptop, you can prevent access to such games.

General making an adult collection that would contain games with bad language, violence, or other advisory conditions not suitable for children.

Kids are smart nowadays and creating a new profile on the OS system may not work very well. Having a little more security contingencies for such an occasion may prove useful.

[Satoru]

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6B1A-66BE-E911-3D98

[HikariLight]

For account safety reasons you shouldn't let ANYONE besides you use the computer your account is on.
Many users have complained about how their family members have gotten them banned because said family member downloaded cheats on the shared system.

[nullable]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από HikariLight:

For account safety reasons you shouldn't let ANYONE besides you use the computer your account is on.

The problem with this is anyone with a shared PC situation shouldn't have a Steam account is what you're saying. I mean this might be your advice, but you should qualify it that way, because as stated it makes it sound like you're repeating common sense advice from security experts that one should never share a PC.

I will grant some caveats that other users of a shared system can be a problem on several different levels, and the other user will have to dot their i's and cross their t's to keep their account secure (always log out) which carries risk because users are often careless. But you still may find yourself at the mercy of any sort of malware or cheat detection triggered by other users.

But single user systems aren't a trivial, guaranteed luxury. And ignoring that doesn't make burdensome opinions good advice or even reasonable. It would be fair to say though that user accounts on shared systems are at greater risk though and things can really only be as secure as the weakest user.

[BJWyler]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Shin'iri:

With all the different types of games that you can purchase on steam nowadays I think it would be a good Idea to be able to password protect Games or game collections.

For example if a family is sharing a computer or if someone you don't want to access certain games were to be using your personal computer or laptop, you can prevent access to such games.

While computer sharing is not recommended as it can lead to other issues, a simple solution is to make sure you are signed out of your Steam account when you are not using the computer.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Shin'iri:

General making an adult collection that would contain games with bad language, violence, or other advisory conditions not suitable for children.

These games should not be family shared to begin with. Again, simply signing out of your Steam account solves this problem.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Shin'iri:

Kids are smart nowadays and creating a new profile on the OS system may not work very well. Having a little more security contingencies for such an occasion may prove useful.

If they can crack a password on your computer profile, what makes you think they can't crack the password on your game collection? We have shared computers in our family for decades, and each person has their own log in for that computer. Never had an issue with it.

[Shin'iri]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από BJWyler:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Shin'iri:

With all the different types of games that you can purchase on steam nowadays I think it would be a good Idea to be able to password protect Games or game collections.

For example if a family is sharing a computer or if someone you don't want to access certain games were to be using your personal computer or laptop, you can prevent access to such games.

While computer sharing is not recommended as it can lead to other issues, a simple solution is to make sure you are signed out of your Steam account when you are not using the computer.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Shin'iri:

General making an adult collection that would contain games with bad language, violence, or other advisory conditions not suitable for children.

These games should not be family shared to begin with. Again, simply signing out of your Steam account solves this problem.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Shin'iri:

Kids are smart nowadays and creating a new profile on the OS system may not work very well. Having a little more security contingencies for such an occasion may prove useful.

If they can crack a password on your computer profile, what makes you think they can't crack the password on your game collection? We have shared computers in our family for decades, and each person has their own log in for that computer. Never had an issue with it.

Because an operating system is a standard system that they deal with on a day to day basis. A game client follows a different programming language which more actively peruses contingencies for theft because they service thousands of currency transactions a day. An operating system alone doesn't deal with currency transactions it is only an operating system. Contingencies are limited and leave it up to the operator to protect personal data stored on the hardware installed on.

[Brian9824]

As already linked I believe family view will do this, it can restrict what games the person sees.

[Shin'iri]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από brian9824:

As already linked I believe family view will do this, it can restrict what games the person sees.

I think that point was made by the link provided by HikariLight.

[Brian9824]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Shin'iri:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από brian9824:

As already linked I believe family view will do this, it can restrict what games the person sees.

I think that point was made by the link provided by HikariLight.

Well if that is the case one typically marks it as an answer, or comments that it took care of their issue. Otherwise people will assume that its still an issue.

[Shin'iri]

and at which point I didn't cause I wanted the feed back and if another related topic was revealed I wanted to comment on that like I did a few minutes ago.

[Shin'iri]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από brian9824:

As already linked I believe family view will do this, it can restrict what games the person sees.

Yes it does to a certain extent. Family mode only allows for a Numeric Pin to lock and unlock family mode. I wish it were more of a Password including Alpha, Numeric. and special characters, but something is better than nothing.

[Shin'iri]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από HikariLight:

For account safety reasons you shouldn't let ANYONE besides you use the computer your account is on.
Many users have complained about how their family members have gotten them banned because said family member downloaded cheats on the shared system.

I am not so worried about getting banned as most of the games I play are one-player not PvP. Games that usually ban people are more on the side of MMORPGs and games with A PvP Mode. I am more concerned with the content within the games. I am an adult and sometimes when I have family gatherings I allow some younger family members to play games that I have installed on my computer.

[Silenzeio]

Here's an idea to prevent anyone on the shared computer getting into your Steam account...

Log out of it.

[Shin'iri]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Silenzeio:

Here's an idea to prevent anyone on the shared computer getting into your Steam account...

Log out of it.

You obviously have not read all the comments on this thread. We covered why logging off isn't good enough and why a password on the game client would be better already.

If I logged out of the account I can't share my games with my younger cousins when they visit. I like leisure games like the My time Series and Dragon Quest Games which are directed more towards children or my younger cousins. They like hanging out with me because I have games that they like that their parents can't afford to get them Or they can't play because they don't have a computer that is good enough to play.

I am not sure what the policy on opening two accounts on steam is. Some game clients actively try to prevent that from happening. Even if steam did allow it there is no guarantee they will always allow it. I don't want to spend money on games and then have that account deleted or my main account deleted do to a policy change. I rather just set a password on a collection of games.

[76561199559798421]

so i just recently tried a A.i. Art program, the app was free but used a point system that cost money to replenish so you would get gimmick into adding points if you wanted to use it.

However the AP start had a password enter, i then read over the discussion forums for the game and realized some people where putting in there real steam password, i used a fake password and it worked, so i am lead to believe that the app itself was trying to swip/phfish peoples passwords for steam.

any kinda of password lock on a game could be dangerous and if it was made by a developer it could also be recorded and use to collect password data.

Warning is never enter your steam password into any website or game, its not needed if you are on steams client it will never ask you for your password once you are logged in.

[Shin'iri]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Welcome, Everyone is Invited:

so i just recently tried a A.i. Art program, the app was free but used a point system that cost money to replenish so you would get gimmick into adding points if you wanted to use it.

However the AP start had a password enter, i then read over the discussion forums for the game and realized some people where putting in there real steam password, i used a fake password and it worked, so i am lead to believe that the app itself was trying to swip/phfish peoples passwords for steam.

any kinda of password lock on a game could be dangerous and if it was made by a developer it could also be recorded and use to collect password data.

Warning is never enter your steam password into any website or game, its not needed if you are on steams client it will never ask you for your password once you are logged in.

The point you are making is about using a third party or an external source to password protect your games. You are right it is never a good Idea to use an external source to password protect games on your hardware. Third parties are not commonly affiliated with servicing companies like Steam or Origin.

You are the first party, the game client is the second party, and using something outside the game client would be a third party. The game client being the company/service providing game streams isn't likely to scam there own consumers. Everything that is placed on to the streaming client has to be approved by the board of the steaming service provider. That is why if it is a password setting offered and accessible in the Steam client it would be safe to assume it isn't used for fishing or recording your password for the purpose of hacking your account.