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#123456789 Nov 30, 2014 @ 10:27am
steam profile and 3rd party websites
I’m worried after seeing 3rd party websites recording steam accounts
the sites are recording things like the last 20 known alias (now 22 and counting) and all other information such as steam id
one 3rd party website seems to have my location, I don't give this out in my steam profile.
I keep my steam profile private/friends only, and still I’m seeing these websites recording information.

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Kargor Nov 30, 2014 @ 11:10am 
Originally posted by #0:
one 3rd party website seems to have my location, I don't give this out in my steam profile.

It's a website, so they can feed your IP-address to a geolocation service.

Anything that you access via the internet can get an idea where you are likely located.
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#123456789 Nov 30, 2014 @ 11:32am 
Originally posted by Kargor:
Originally posted by #0:
one 3rd party website seems to have my location, I don't give this out in my steam profile.

It's a website, so they can feed your IP-address to a geolocation service.

Anything that you access via the internet can get an idea where you are likely located.

So how could they get the steam info with it like my steam id community id, profile picture, friends list, last know alias, games,, My profile is set to private and friends only,

these websites are recording my steam profile
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Kargor Nov 30, 2014 @ 12:45pm 
They can't, at least not through the normal API.

However, if it's related to a game that you have, they might have a couple more options. I'm no expert on any of this, though.
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Forcen Nov 30, 2014 @ 12:48pm 
What website is this?

Maybe it is old data from when your profile was public?
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wuddih Nov 30, 2014 @ 12:53pm 
Originally posted by #1:
So how could they get the steam info with it like my steam id community id, profile picture, friends list, last know alias, games,, My profile is set to private and friends only,
except games, that is all public info.
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#123456789 Nov 30, 2014 @ 1:34pm 
would I be aloud to post links?
Last edited by #123456789; Nov 30, 2014 @ 1:35pm
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#123456789 Nov 30, 2014 @ 2:56pm 
the ones that seem to be Following me and indexing my profile are

1)http://steamrep.com/

2)http://www.steamid.co.uk/

Please dont make an account with the weblinks
Last edited by #123456789; Nov 30, 2014 @ 2:57pm
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#123456789 Nov 30, 2014 @ 2:59pm 
steam index a users steam username 10 times,
the link I just sent link 2)
has indexed on record my steam username 22 times
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wuddih Nov 30, 2014 @ 4:07pm 
Originally posted by #1:
the ones that seem to be Following me and indexing my profile are

1)http://steamrep.com/

2)http://www.steamid.co.uk/

Please dont make an account with the weblinks
and where exactly are your friends and games listed there?

all info they present is somewhat public, they just log it. nothing to prevent that.

your community id -> public (76561197967678241 can be used to calculate the steamid)
your nickname and nickname list -> public (#1, unknown, etc.)
your profile photo -> public (link)

well, that is needed for the security of everyone, you at least need to know who wants to add you as a friends, right?
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Forcen Dec 1, 2014 @ 12:21am 
Yeah, those sites are not "following" you more then anyone else.

Steamrep is a great website for checking if a Steam user is a known scammer or might be an alt account of one. They do store historical data of your profile and what public info it had. They can't access anything that isn't public but yes they have old versions of your friendlist saved.
They only store info that is or was public and for a noble purpose. The second site is similar but it works in the same way.

What are you worried about?
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Roday Dec 1, 2014 @ 3:38am 
1 year in steamtrades/steamgift/playfire/lot of 3rd party websites

never change my password,never get hacked

so everything is safe i think
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#123456789 Dec 1, 2014 @ 8:03am 
Originally posted by Forcen:
Yeah, those sites are not "following" you more then anyone else.

Steamrep is a great website for checking if a Steam user is a known scammer or might be an alt account of one. They do store historical data of your profile and what public info it had. They can't access anything that isn't public but yes they have old versions of your friendlist saved.
They only store info that is or was public and for a noble purpose. The second site is similar but it works in the same way.

What are you worried about?
If steam saves upto 10 usernames and these sites are indexing more than that
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Forcen Dec 1, 2014 @ 8:06am 
And why is that bad?
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#123456789 Dec 1, 2014 @ 8:43am 
Originally posted by Forcen:
And why is that bad?
because this is still happening whilst my profile is private, Now I dont mind showing other users my last 10 usernames, but these sites are indexing private profiles, not just my own
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Forcen Dec 1, 2014 @ 8:55am 
Names and avatars have to be public because they are used in games like TF2 and so on,
Names and avatars, VAC and trade bans and stuff like that is all they can index when your profile is private. So yes, they can index "private" profile for public info. There is no total profile privacy.

They are getting that from the Steam Web API and Valve can't stop websites from keeping a history of the changes of that data if they wish.

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam_Web_API#Public_Data
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