A note about the security of your Steam account
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We have examined the leak sample and have determined this was NOT a breach of Steam systems.
You do not need to change your passwords or phone numbers as a result of this event. It is a good reminder to treat any account security messages that you have not explicitly requested as suspicious. We recommend regularly checking your Steam account security at any time at
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i've yet to see an mfa that is as usable and streamlined as steam's
changed my pw anyway. i don't know, and don't really want to know how much money i've got sunk into my acct, but it's a lot
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i've yet to see an mfa that is as usable and streamlined as steam's
changed my pw anyway. i don't know, and don't really want to know how much money i've got sunk into my acct, but it's a lot
I don't know, and don't really want to know how much money i've got sunk into my acct, but it's a lot
Oh you can know. It's a viewable page within the menu. I'll leave it to you to search up on where.
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This is why on steam I don’t store my credit card information, nor on basically any other site that I can get away with it.
Yeah it is a pain in the ass for the times I want to buy something, having to put it the card details every single time, but it’s worth my peace of mind if a breach happens. By this point I have memorized my card numbers so it’s not too awful of a pendantic habit now.
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This is why on steam I don’t store my credit card information, nor on basically any other site that I can get away with it.
Yeah it is a pain in the ass for the times I want to buy something, having to put it the card details every single time, but it’s worth my peace of mind if a breach happens. By this point I have memorized my card numbers so it’s not too awful of a pendantic habit now.
Most banks will offer virtual cards. You can use those instead of your actual card number, and if they get stolen you just cancel that virtual card, but your account is untouched.
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This is why on steam I don’t store my credit card information, nor on basically any other site that I can get away with it.
Yeah it is a pain in the ass for the times I want to buy something, having to put it the card details every single time, but it’s worth my peace of mind if a breach happens. By this point I have memorized my card numbers so it’s not too awful of a pendantic habit now.
i use privacy.com with a virtual card with a vendor lock and max limit. it also helps remind me when I’m spending too much there …
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TL;DR
We have examined the leak sample and have determined this was NOT a breach of Steam systems.
You do not need to change your passwords or phone numbers as a result of this event. It is a good reminder to treat any account security messages that you have not explicitly requested as suspicious. We recommend regularly checking your Steam account security at any time at
https://store.steampowered.com/account/authorizeddevicesthank fuck
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Most banks will offer virtual cards. You can use those instead of your actual card number, and if they get stolen you just cancel that virtual card, but your account is untouched.
I only use those for short term and set them to expire after a month or however long I need them for on that site. Great way to make sure I don't auto renew anything and if it gets stolen it's already expired. As long as it's a credit card even if there is fraud they pay you back instantly. Never ever store a debit card anywhere.
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i use privacy.com with a virtual card with a vendor lock and max limit. it also helps remind me when I’m spending too much there …
That's nice, but their refusal to support linking to credit cards made me abandon using their cards.
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I don't know, and don't really want to know how much money i've got sunk into my acct, but it's a lot
Oh you can know. It's a viewable page within the menu. I'll leave it to you to search up on where.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]People need to stop acting like it's some scary thing to know.
https://help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata/AccountSpend
Don't just open it, see thousands of dollars spent, react like it is some huge expenditure and close it without thinking things through. Don't forget that the account is years old and when you do some simple division it going to come out to $30 a month or some number that is reasonable for you to spend on a hobby that you have spent hundreds to thousands of hours enjoying.
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This is why on steam I don’t store my credit card information, nor on basically any other site that I can get away with it.
Yeah it is a pain in the ass for the times I want to buy something, having to put it the card details every single time, but it’s worth my peace of mind if a breach happens. By this point I have memorized my card numbers so it’s not too awful of a pendantic habit now.
It's a credit card, you can dispute charges and will likely get a refund.
I've done it a few times for different reasons.
