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A note about the security of your Steam account (steamcommunity.com)
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[-] subtext@lemmy.world 62 points 15 hours ago

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/authorizeddevices

[-] bappity@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

thank fuck

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 27 points 15 hours ago

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

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 15 points 15 hours ago

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.

[-] mriswith@lemmy.world 19 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

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.

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 minutes ago* (last edited 15 minutes ago)

I also pro-rate the value of my games like this. For instance, Helldivers 2: paid $39.99 (€35,76), played 537 hours. That's $0.001 (€0,0012) or 1/10th of a cent per hour of play. Even if I add $2000 (€1.788,61) for the PC I play on that still only comes to $3.79 (€4.24) an hour.

Hard to beat that price per hour of entertainment.

My Steam spend over the lifetime of my account comes to $25 (€27,97) a month which is a decent monthly entertainment cost. Of course that doesn't account for additional spending on other entertainment but putting the total spent amount in perspective is definitely good to do, so thanks for pointing that out for those who need it.

Edit: added € costs

[-] jqubed@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I’ve had my account since Portal was released, so that’s around 20 years ago? Frankly I’d be shocked if I’ve spent even $1k and over 20 years? That doesn’t sound too bad. Almost everything I’ve bought has been on sale, or fairly inexpensive to begin with.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

When I calculate the "time of fun per euro spent" I'm always shocked how cheap videogames are. Even something like the new Doom, which is 70 euros for 16 hours of play, comes down to €4.40 per hour (or just under 14 minutes per euro). And we consider that ridiculously expensive for a "short" game.

Try doing anything for < €5 per hour.

Then I look at something like Warhammer total war, and I'm up to 132 minutes per euro spent

[-] Disaster@sh.itjust.works 1 points 29 minutes ago

There is also the cost of power and computer hardware to factor in, which probably raises the barrier to entry, but you're right. Once you have all the equipment or have it anyway for other purposes, it's very cheap.

[-] Shortstack@reddthat.com 6 points 14 hours ago

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.

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 minutes ago

Just accidentally memorize it from having to manually pay a bunch of bills online in a short span!

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

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.

[-] flandish@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

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 … 😂

[-] The_Hideous_Orgalorg@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

That's nice, but their refusal to support linking to credit cards made me abandon using their cards.

[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

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.

[-] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

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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