"Last Online: status" should be deactivated / detachable

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Red Samurai Jan 15, 2015 @ 1:01pm

When I´ll set my status to "offline" in chat, to be invisible for my friend list, or move a friend temporarily on the block-list [what is very useful], they can´t see me. But when the PC is restarted or STEAM switched off it´s updating my status like Last Online : 5 minutes ago. So my whole cover is blown! And also everyone in public can see when I were last online, even my friend said, he can monitoring me via my status, so this is an influence of my privacy. Cause some people don´t has to know that I played till the late night.
I don´t want to set my whole gamercard to privacy just because of this one option, and even if, people in my list can anyway see my gamercard and last online status.

I would highly recommend, that this status is detachable.
I want just be offline or online for my friend list, like some years ago.

Last edited by Red Samurai; Jan 15, 2015 @ 1:02pm

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Black Blade Jan 15, 2015 @ 2:18pm

You can keep your self offline by not marking the auto login:
http://i.imgur.com/RSTr6r4.png

Red Samurai Jan 15, 2015 @ 2:27pm

Yeah I know, I already use that sometimes. But when you restart/switch off STEAM, anyway it updates your last online status. So you should not switch off your PC or STEAM (or if you loose the connection for a second), then people know you were there. LOL.

Last edited by Red Samurai; Jan 15, 2015 @ 3:13pm

Black Blade Jan 15, 2015 @ 4:14pm

Originally posted by RED FOGSX:
Yeah I know, I already use that sometimes. But when you restart/switch off STEAM, anyway it updates your last online status. So you should not switch off your PC or STEAM (or if you loose the connection for a second), then people know you were there. LOL.

On the outher hand, you really do not need to fear your friends knowing

Red Samurai Jan 15, 2015 @ 4:48pm

Originally posted by Black Blade:
On the outher hand, you really do not need to fear your friends knowing :D:

You can park your car beside the road instead of your garage. You do not need to fear someone steals it, cause you have the keys. This is not a reason, so no one needs to know when I was online precise to the minutes. And for some people this is a real privacy issue. So it would really helpful to have the option to deactivate this.

Last edited by Red Samurai; Jan 15, 2015 @ 4:49pm

Random Reference #98 Jan 15, 2015 @ 8:39pm

I don't disagree that this is a bit of a privacy hole that could be patched but at the same time people could already find out what you have been playing and when just by viewing your profile so unless you also set your profile to private this wouldn't do much.

GodBlade Oct 11, 2016 @ 2:56am

Originally posted by Black Blade:
Originally posted by RED FOGSX:
Yeah I know, I already use that sometimes. But when you restart/switch off STEAM, anyway it updates your last online status. So you should not switch off your PC or STEAM (or if you loose the connection for a second), then people know you were there. LOL.
On the outher hand, you really do not need to fear your friends knowing :D:

And who exactly are you to judge whether he needs to fear his friends knowing or now? The guy asked a question, and he needs answers, so if you got answers good. If the guy needed you to tell him what he needs to do or not do he would have asked. Sorry OP, I dont know you but guys like these who try to preach just tick me off

Hextravert Oct 11, 2016 @ 4:46am

And who exactly died and gave you permission to resurrect a nearly 2-year-old topic?

Great suggestion by the way.

Guys like him just tick me off.

Originally posted by GodBlade:
Originally posted by Black Blade:
On the outher hand, you really do not need to fear your friends knowing :D:

And who exactly are you to judge whether he needs to fear his friends knowing or now? The guy asked a question, and he needs answers, so if you got answers good. If the guy needed you to tell him what he needs to do or not do he would have asked. Sorry OP, I dont know you but guys like these who try to preach just tick me off

Red Samurai Oct 24, 2016 @ 2:09pm

@GodBlade thanks, you´re understanding the situation. ^^

@Hextravent It is a 2-year-old-topic, but still the same problem.

I really hate this timestamp!

Black Blade Oct 26, 2016 @ 12:35am

Originally posted by GodBlade:
And who exactly are you to judge whether he needs to fear his friends knowing or now? The guy asked a question, and he needs answers, so if you got answers good. If the guy needed you to tell him what he needs to do or not do he would have asked. Sorry OP, I dont know you but guys like these who try to preach just tick me off

I was not 100% seruise abut that (why i added a smilely)
and it was a porsnal believe any way that there dose not need to be a reason to hide something from friends, at least how i defind them
it was not in any meaning to nock out the idea
i am all for suggestion for more options as long as they do not risk damage

Originally posted by RED FOGSX:
@GodBlade thanks, you´re understanding the situation. ^^

@Hextravent It is a 2-year-old-topic, but still the same problem.

I really hate this timestamp!

I would have agreed if his post was more abut the topic and less abut a post in the topic