Eliminated from my own familly

[Ionut Catalin Frasineanu]

I created a Steam family and invited family members. At one point, one of the family members, an adult in fact, eliminated me from my own family created by me! I lost the right to create other families even though I was the creator of the family in question! Is it unacceptable as a creator of a family to be eliminated by the members invited by me!! Valve, what did you do??? How much logic did you have when you implemented such a totally aberrant measure!!
I propose that in the future a player who has created a family on steam can NOT be eliminated by the members invited by him himself!

[Satoru]

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/054C-3167-DD7F-49D4

[Knee]

somebody committed steam family patricide??

[SpeedFreak1972]

Hmm I wonder what reason there was to kick you out .... it sounds you have some beef with said member

[iicaruZ]

healing salve

[Crazy Tiger]

Thanks for the good laugh, OP.

[dremskiy]

Turn off friendly fire next time fren

[Бобок]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Ionut Catalin Frasineanu:

I created a Steam family and invited family members.

Sounds like admitting they were not your IRL family members,

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Ionut Catalin Frasineanu:

How much logic did you have when you implemented such a totally aberrant measure!!

and the logic works fine as long as it is applied to actual IRL families.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

All adults share the same permissions.

[76561199540158642]

I don't use it but family share isn't ment to be used for customers to share games with each other, its suppose to be used only for family members/ your own personal computers which you want to share the steam games you purchased on your other devices.

also i believe steam should implement an router feature that only allows family sharing to work if the computers are using the same WIFI router, and different ip's should not be allowed to access games at the same time.

for example if one ip is say across the country, then the other, only the native computer ip which the account has access to the said game should be allowed to play it.

Family sharing is not ment to be game sharing. its intention was for same house hold sharing.

for example Steam Link already uses this feature i believe both the main PC running the game and the steam link device must both be on the same router for it to work.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Golden Unicorn:

for example Steam Link already uses this feature i believe both the main PC running the game and the steam link device must both be on the same router for it to work.

Streaming using Steam Link can be done anywhere around the globe. There is no same router/IP restriction on it.

[76561199540158642]

oh did this change? i used steam link last half a year ago and i was sure that the device had to be on my same network, as most streaming devices do the same thing, such as wifi electric switchs and some ip cams, while they have features that allow for internet access most are for internal network connection only.

in any way thanks for the update on this. i will have to try steam link again its been a while, but it is a fun feature to play the games you want on steam that are incompatible with a tablet device.

But, Regardless I would suggest that Family Sharing adopt the In Home sharing feature only and that computers across the globe should not be allowed to share games using family share, as family share again was only intended to allow same households to share games.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Golden Unicorn:

oh did this change? i used steam link last night and i was sure that the device had to be on my same network, as most streaming devices do the same thing, such as wifi electric switchs and some ip cams, while they have features that allow for internet access most are for internal network connection only.

in any way thanks for the update on this. i will have to try steam link again its been a while, but it is a fun feature to play the games you want on steam that are incompatible with a tablet device.

But, Regardless I would suggest that Family Sharing adopt the In Home sharing feature only and that computers across the globe should not be allowed to share games using family share, as family share again was only intended to allow same households to share games.

It has been a thing for years. The feature used to be called In-Home Streaming but changed a long time ago. It only requires a PIN from the streaming PC now, which was a newer addition they added.

Steam Families already has a "same household" check...

I cannot join a Steam Family

If you cannot join a Steam Family, it is likely for one of three reasons:

• Your account activity does not show that you are part of the same household as the existing members.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/054C-3167-DD7F-49D4#troubleshooting

[76561199540158642]

so did this OP have one of the family accounts phished and they removed him from the family sharing? I am kinda confused. While it might be a good idea that creators of family groups can not be removed. and or if the creator of the family share is removed that the whole family share is deleted. the accounts could always be re-added by the owner.

it does sound dangerous though that removing the creator of the family share group can be done by anyone within the group.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Golden Unicorn:

so did this OP have one of the family accounts phished and they removed him from the family sharing? I am kinda confused. While it might be a good idea that creators of family groups can not be removed. and or if the creator of the family share is removed that the whole family share is deleted. the accounts could always be re-added by the owner.

it does sound dangerous though that removing the creator of the family share group can be done by anyone within the group.

Anyone added as an adult can remove anyone else in the Family Group. All adults share the same permissions.

It doesn't have to mean it was due to a compromised account. It could mean someone just wanted to know what would happen if they tried.

Only add people you trust 100% as adults to your own Family Group.

[76561199540158642]

maybe a option should be added to remove the permission to remove people from adult family sharing accounts, or the ability to even give child accounts the ability to add friends without adult sharing being accessed.

ussally features are better left a default off then on. for example when you add an adult account to a family share, it should automatically not have permissions to remove anyone from the group, and a tick box should be required to change it , only able to be preformed by the group creator.