The same thought occured to me as well, with all the money I've invested in STEAM despite not liking the digital platform (hey those sales are tempting!) I don't want to lose it all whenever I next get a new PC.CrystalShadow said:
Gabe Newell Gives Away Personal Steam Password
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Wait but wasn't steam's large gimmick (other then downloading from a store straight to your computer) that you can download and all you need is your account and you can play it on any computer? Oh and they fixed the "dectect" thing, now it's just a small square saying your computer is not authorized to open this account and what not.
then you're fucked (pardon me the expression), and you can sue Valve for a monetary prize!BlackWidower said:
It's already a fact of life on game consoles.Therumancer said:
Wiiware & the virtual console is all well and good, but if I lose my console for any reason, it's all gone. (And there is literally no way to transfer it. - Although, it appears Nintendo has noticed this problem with their systems, and created a way for 3DS downloads to be transferred between units.)
I don't know if the PS3 and Xbox 360 are quite that bad, but somehow I'm not inclined to think they're much better. (There's no incentive to do any better than that on a closed proprietary system.)
So, basically, hackers are a hornets nest. And Gabe Newell goes "I'm going to stick my penis in that."
Addendum: Why do these guys think their stuff can't be hacked? For every security system made by the top minds of computer security, there is always one guy in their mom's basement with the lights off that hasn't seen the sun in a month that is smarter then all of them put together and has absolutely NOTHING better to do then to break it.
Addendum: Why do these guys think their stuff can't be hacked? For every security system made by the top minds of computer security, there is always one guy in their mom's basement with the lights off that hasn't seen the sun in a month that is smarter then all of them put together and has absolutely NOTHING better to do then to break it.
This comment got 221 thumbs up on youtube: "Gabe should lose some weight. I don't say this to be an asshole, I say this because it would be a fucking tragedy for my favourite video game entrepreneur to die young."
I can't help but wonder if this is actually more low-risk to Gabe than we think. The man runs the show over there at Valve. He has administrator access to steam. I can't imagine that if anything happens to his account, he can't just take five minutes to undo, and make one or two critical changes. Let alone just make a NEW account.
Citrus Insanity said:
Yeah, but what are the chances that it really is his account? Like it isn't within Valve's power to create a dummy account with those credentials, so that even in the slim chance that somebody DID manage to break in, they'd find jack all. Or that account might not even be a 'real' account, and that any attempt to access that 'account' would just spit up that warning, and that there isn't any actual password pr way to access the account. It could all just be a marketing ploy, because Valve fans are dedicated enough to check out GDC and to actually try this. I wouldn't put it past them that the 'Dectected' was done on purpose.
The funny thing about conspiracies, is that you'll always find them where you're looking for them...
This is why it's so brilliant though - even if his account does end up getting hacked - they still win, because it will only help them identify security holes. I mean really, think about it - what better way to test your security system by asking every hacker on the internet to have at it?Jumpingbean3 said:
Sooo....what if, hypothetically, someone was to run a private server and collect all of these players' IP and MAC addresses? Then they spoof theirs to be the exact same? I have to imagine Valve thought of this, but it just seems like it would be easy to crack an account if you had all of the information.
Let me see if I've got this straight.
When someone tries to connect to Gabe's account, the Server will demand some sort of code or key that proves the connection is from Gabe's computer, right?
If that's the case, what the hacker needs, all the hacker needs, is this code which Gabe's computer knows but no other computer does. So it seems a pretty good bet for him that no computer can guess what the code might be. So, unless there's some other flaw in the Steam system, he's safe. Or am I wrong?
When someone tries to connect to Gabe's account, the Server will demand some sort of code or key that proves the connection is from Gabe's computer, right?
If that's the case, what the hacker needs, all the hacker needs, is this code which Gabe's computer knows but no other computer does. So it seems a pretty good bet for him that no computer can guess what the code might be. So, unless there's some other flaw in the Steam system, he's safe. Or am I wrong?
... dammit, we just made a new meme.ragecandybar said:Spelling error dectected.Delusibeta said:A Reddit user tried to use said log-in and password.
Needless to say, it didn't work.
Spot the spelling error.