>What used to be a handful of hackers is now a highly effective, organized network, in the business of stealing and selling items. It would be easier for them to go after the users who don't understand how to stay secure online, but the prevalence of items make it worthwhile to target everyone. We see around 77,000 accounts hijacked and pillaged each month. These are not new or naïve users; these are professional CS:GO players, reddit contributors, item traders, etc. Users can be targeted randomly as part of a larger group or even individually. Hackers can wait months for a payoff, all the while relentlessly attempting to gain access. It's a losing battle to protect your items against someone who steals them for a living.
http://store.steampowered.com/news/19618/
Fucking Russians man
>>319646741
>Have mobile authenticator since day 1 of its availability
>Confirmed my phone number with steam over a year ago
>See buttblasted retards crying over escrow and steamguard codes
Fucking retards, man, get with the times
In fact, here's my steam login info:
name silvened06
password h%6&VcX$31z!7_OSBOK
Good fucking luck getting through Steam Guard.
>>319646931
Woah this is like those ID theft ads.
>>319647147
>name silvened06
sounds like those generic profiles.
>>319646931
>2015
>not using diceware for password generation
Just fucking kill yourself retard.
>>319646931
Reported for posting hacked account information.
Enjoy FBI busting your door criminal scum
>>319647147
except it's true
People crying over escrow are literally the same people who cling to newspapers; retards stuck in time.
Get with the fucking times and stop crying about miniscule changes.
>>319647215
Looks interesting, thanks for pointing it out.
>>319647253
U mad you couldn't get on my account? Get fucked bro
>>319647215
Whoa, this sounds interesting, I'll take a deeper look into it.
>>319647214
Yeah can't trust it. Probably a shill. Don't listen to Their lies.
>>319647253
Also
>Enjoy FBI busting your door criminal scum
Proto-kike jurisdiction does not apply where I live, silly ameristani.
>>319646741
Fucking russians.
It's always fucking russians ruining everything. They're the australians of steam.
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/online-security/2015/12/malware-targeting-steam-traders-banks-on-new-escrow-system/
>>319647362
having an extra step in logging into steam isn't convenient
people who complain about it are not like people who cling to newspapers, because newspapers are not convenient
>>319646741
>These are not new or naïve users
>professional CS:GO players, reddit contributors
>>319646931
>that password
Is Steam Guard the TSA of vidya? In that it inconveniences everyone without really stopping the determined people?
>>319647602
No, it's not.
>>319647506
What extra step you fucking retard?
You can check the "Remember me on this device" and "Don't ask for codes on this device" so it won't ask for auth codes every single time you log in on your main PC or any other device you uncheck those boxes for, but I guess it's as expected from someone as tech-illiterate as you.
>based russians hijacking reddit normie accounts
I have no problem with this.
>>319646741
>Could use mobile authenicator
>If I lose or break my phone I have to go through shit to access my account
No thanks. Dont sell item shit anyway
>>319647408
>>319647362
It was a joke you mongoloid. Lighten up. jeez. Not everything people say question your ability to function.
>>319647602
It did work it's just that the hijackers would literally exploit everyone's internet stupidity to work around any upgrade valve added because people always thought they were getting free shit.
>HELLO FRIEND. DISABLE STEAM GUARD TO GET YOUR FREE GAME
to
>UPLOAD THIS FILE FROM YOUR STEAM ACCT FOLDER
to
>PUT IN YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND PASSWORD HERE
to
>RUN THIS VERIFICATION.EXE (IT'S REALLY A TROJAN)
to
>JOIN THIS SERVER THAT AUTODOWNLOADS A RAT
>>319647853
This.
Every single time someone reports being "hacked" I am certain in that it was their own fault
>I never tell anyone my password! Do you think I'm retarded?! LOL THAT'S SILLY!
>I just let my friend from Somalia use my Steam account to play CS:GO, but I know 100% he had nothing to do with this
>>319647917
They give you a one time use code that you incase your phone fucks up or you lose it.
>>319646741
>these are professional CS:GO players, reddit contributors, item traders
Literally garbage people. Who gives a fuck?
>>319647946
>>JOIN THIS SERVER THAT AUTODOWNLOADS A RAT
You mean.... in-game servers? Like those creepy pony tf 2 servers?
>>319647932
>>319647932
>Not everything people say question your ability to function.
It's kinda hard to distinguish that sometimes, even after all these years in this shithole.
>>319648034
There was a hijacker that infected you if you played on private servers. That's why valve wanted everyone to put their custom maps for easy downloading on the workshop instead of grabbing them from the game server.
>>319648078
it happened all the time in cs 1.6, so it might be getting a resurgence
>>319648078
Yeah that's actually a thing with all source games, it was in the news not too long ago, some games had it fixed like Fistful of Frags, CS:S etc, but many haven't been patched yet.
>mfw my password is 12345
Hiding in plain sight.
>>319646931
>>319647362
>>319647408
>>319647676
>Valve actually hired shills to try and get our phone number
truly, this is the darkest timeline
>>319648228
A bot would crack that in 3 seconds
>>319648213
Some guy got caught by it. Lost all his shit and got vac banned. Luckily valve realized it wasn't his fault and gave him one of the rare reversals.
>>319648078
>currently Downloading quake/soundeffects/ultrakill.png
>>319648228
>not having best password
>>319646741
>"muh haxxorz XD"
lets be real here
valve only does this to grab more money.
only a complete fucking retard with get hacked. ever.
Can't wait for the autists in this thread who think people are either "le shilling XD" or "lmao2dumb" to get their comeuppance.
It happened to me and it will certainly happen to you too if you play CS, TF2 or any of that kind of games.
It's way more subtle than you think.
>>319646741
>these are professional CS:GO players, reddit contributors, item traders, etc.
>blames Russkies for the stupidity of reddit "pros"
>>319648559
what if I don't play those kinds of games
>>319648550
You underestimate how many retards there are out there. Seeing half the dumb shit people say on /v/ should have taught you this.
>>319648559
>It happened to me and it will certainly happen to you too if you play CS, TF2 or any of that kind of games.
Or you could you know, get some taste and stop playing shitty games.
>>319648550
>can get hacked playing on a private server
LOL ok
I like how paranoid /v/ is that valve has their phone number. Don't you assholes do online banking. If you fuck up on a password enough times it goes into 2 factor. Like all of you neets?
>>319648693
>private server
your own fault
>>319648559
>It's way more subtle than you think.
What is?
>there are actually people here who blame opportunists instead of the leagues of kikes at Valve who implemented a mini fucking economy into a gaming service
Absolutely disgusting, but then I guess people are just too thrilled about the idea of making a few dollars off trading cards every year.
Why are accounts suddenly big targets? Oh right, because you allowed people to trade in real money while taking a healthy cut for yourself.
And what does Valve do with the millions pouring in from retards? Do they upgrade their service? No, it's still the same slow piece of shit it's always been. Do they give people better sales? No, they've been getting worse year in, year out.
Oh, well at least they're making games, right? No, they stopped doing that years ago.
I used Uplay a couple of weeks back. I could start playing the game a third of the way through the download. The program boots up in 2 seconds, and closes without complaint. There are no constant ads. The dumb tab menu doesn't freeze the game.
This is a fucking shitty Ubisoft service, and it's literally better than anything Steam has offered in a decade.
>>319648628
Then you have nothing to fear, like mentioned these are russians, they only think about CS:GO and the likes while their country falls apart around them.
Keep in mind though it goes for any valuable item in your inventory, steam trading cards and gifts may be a target too.
>>319648731
Millenials are stupid like that
>>319648731
Someone might spy on me as I browse /d/ for the 8th time today and try to profit off of me liking dick girls
>>319648803
>mini fucking economy
>mini
People move millions of dollars through Steam Market alone, it's anything but mini at this point
>>319648803
>because you allowed people to trade in real money
Correction, fake money.
>>319648787
How they hijack your account.
Many reatrds here thinks it's just Vladimir posing as a steam employee and asking you to give them the pass for a "xmas gift" or some shit like that.
In reality it goes to the point were even joining a pub server in a Source game can get you a rat.
Team Speak, Mumble, everything connected to Source games were you can host your own server is a potential treat.
>>319648803
Good god I don't buy cards and stuff, just sell to idiots who love to put their money into e-penises
>>319648803
>better sales
Exploited by Russian credit card scammers
>that time they gave out free games
Exploited by Russians again.
>>319648858
I have had the two factor auth for a long fucking time and it is handy because it is the best way to reset your password. But whatever, don't use 2 factor auth. Just don't cry to steam/valve when some dindu took your account and traded all your anime cards away.
>>319648897
It's mini in comparison to real economies, which move countries and don't impose 250 dollar sale limits.
>>319648937
That's like saying X currency isn't real money because you don't want to buy things from that country.
While I obviously don't condone thieves it still amazes me that people can be so retarded as to give value to such vapid bullshit by paying real money for this bullshit.
Truely, amazed.
>>319648961
>were you can host your own server is a potential treat.
I love treats!
>>319648731
>>319648826
>comparing banks to some lardass kikeschwein that hoards 65 million login and credit card information as a private person in the video game business where special laws for customer protection basically do not exist as is the case with banks
>making fun of millenials
That's why grandpas are baka senpais.
>>319648961
>Many reatrds here thinks it's just Vladimir posing as a steam employee and asking you to give them the pass for a "xmas gift" or some shit like that.
If you're dumb enough to give someone your information you deserve to get hacked.
>In reality it goes to the point were even joining a pub server in a Source game can get you a rat.
>Team Speak, Mumble, everything connected to Source games were you can host your own server is a potential treat.
Well sucks for you if you play those and use that then, maybe think about playing some of the good games on Steam.
Dumb Russians and Source kiddies.
>>319649050
>That's like saying X currency isn't real money because you don't want to buy things from that country.
Uh no. Steam bucks is not real money.
Just because you trade rocks with your boyfriend for blowjobs doesn't make it money.
>>319649050
>250 dollar sale limits
what are you talking about?
If you sell more than 200 items on steam market within a year you can fill out an IRS form and sell whatever number you want, it's also one time only and doesn't require you fill it out yearly, I did my the same month steam market was introduced.
>>319649145
>Just because you trade rocks with your boyfriend for blowjobs doesn't make it money.
tfw anon went full retard
>>319649061
It's not just cards and gun skins you faggot. Your whole account is free money when they resell it.
By the time you get it back they've profited off of everything in it and on it.
There used to be a time where I would add random people who added me because they were booty blasted or actually wanted someone to play with.
Now I just block anyone I don't know because fucking traders and scammers man. You put up like 1 trade on one of those trading sites and you get put into a database by these scammers who routinely try to get in touch with you.
>>319649152
A single item can't sell for more than a certain amount of money.
>>319649050
>That's like saying X currency isn't real money because you don't want to buy things from that country.
What a shit analogy.
Its so shit its not even an analogy.
>>319648803
>using uplay by choice
tl;dr: "give us your phone number, goyim!"
>>319649145
>he still didn't figure out how to transform steam bucks into actual dollars
Just because you're dense doesn't mean everyone is
>>319648731
>online banking
You cant fool me, kike. Im not an american
>>319649094
Just saying that 2 factor auth is more of a thing if you don't want your shit hacked. I made a throw away facebook account and that shit was hacked by some chink in 2 days.
>reddit contributors
GET FUCKED
>>319649258
>hurr my convoluted and unsafe way to convert steambucks is totally legit guyz!
Yeah no, you're not convincing anyone kid.
Except on how stupid you are.
>>319649196
it's not 250$ though
even granting this, your argument is retarded, I don't personally use Steam Market for anything other than cheap cosmetic items and trading cards, but I do sell game gifts and dota2 / tf2 items for PayPal and that is very much real $. The PC I'm using right now was bought with money I made from selling dota2 items.
>>319649183
Ok sure, the games I get, but still, people do pay for that other garbage.
Personally in the time I've had my steam account (since the beginning of Steam) I still have never bought a single thing directly through it for exactly these sort of reasons. I have hard copies of all my shit.
Never put all your eggs in one basket.
You have to be a retard or cheater who fell for a keylogger to get hacked.
>>319649413
>The PC I'm using right now was bought with money I made from selling dota2 items.
>>319649467
You have a low number steam account then.
They'll try to take your shit too.
>>319649548
I don't know how to react to this post.
If you think I'm lying just google dota2 economy, PC I bought only cost me 900euro or so, that is small time compared to people moving 1 - 5k a week
>/v/ - Paranoia
>>319649584
But like I'm saying, it still wouldn't affect me in the slightest.
>>319649712
>that is small time compared to people moving 1 - 5k a week
>>319649802
Ok so you're retarded, I won't waste any more of my time on you then.
>valve : hurrrrrrrrr lets protect retards rather than making games
>Steam account is worth thousands of dollars
>Have insanely rare DotA 2 items
>Have never once been targeted by anyone
>Haven't even had a Russian add me and say "cyka me steam admin give password or u banned nyet"
I feel like I'm missing out on something.
>>319649894
Same, I got a speedboat filled with hot skanks to get back to. Ta!
Why wouldn't you use 2-step authentication on everything that has the option?
>>319649921
Because you are not account sharing or doing boosting.
>>319649976
People on /v/ likes to go against the grain because it's hip and cool.
>>319649770
In fact I don't think I've even logged onto it in more than 12 months. I still just don't like these sorts of clients running on my PC when they don't need to be. They're unnecessary and only need to run when you load up the games to be used to find friends games. I quite like cloud saves and stuff though, on top of local saves that I control. And I love what they're doing with Steam OS. That's the best thing I've seen in the game industry and computer world in years and years.
>>319649976
because they might use it to track my internet useage and out me as a faggot. A nigger loving faggot.
>>319647147
Which is funny because that life lock guy has gotten his identity stolen a bunch of times
>>319646741
>Valve segregates ruskies/slavs and huezilians/favelamonkeys from the rest
>problem solved
>>319650091
Don't worry, google trackers already know that
>>319648804
Steam trading cards? Aren't they worth cents?
>>319646931
>not just using lalelu1234 as password
You must be underage.
Must it really be so damn hard to ignore requests from complete strangers?
>>319646931
>That password
So you made something extremely difficult for you to remember that is no more difficult for a computer to guess than "iamaretardedfaggotplsfuckmytits5236"
Do you know how brute force works?
>now item&friend collector nerds are being stolen from and mocked even on the internet
Thanks for the great news op, having a laff here.
>>319650362
>Do you know how brute force works?
How does it work.
>use unique lengthy passwords with characters and numbers on email and steam
>keep Steam profile set to everything hidden
>never play multiplayer online-only FPS games since they're garbage
>also don't download EPIN CHEETZ programs that were written by Russians + Chinese and are packed full of malware like keyloggers and trojans and coin-miners
>my Steam account has never been bothered once by anybody
wew
>>319650362
My password could have been "faggot2015" and it still wouldn't have mattered because as long as Steam Guard is active and I have Mobile Authenticator active on my tablet you're not getting on my account, bitch
>>319648559
Ok, how did it happen.
>>319649976
It's a meme, the literal definition of a meme.
>>319646741
How the fuck do people still get scammed on Steam.
There's email confirmation, Steam Guard, authenticators, link warnings and the whole shebang. You must be the thickest fucking idiot to get scammed on Steam.
My friend uses
asdfghjkl;'
as his password.
>>319648961
How.
>>319648961
>In reality it goes to the point were even joining a pub server in a Source game can get you a rat.
[citation needed]
>>319650221
Some retard once bought my card from some obscure Korean MMO for five bucks. It's uncommon but it happens.
>>319650514
seriously this, how does this even happen to people anymore?
Thnaks God dota 2 economy is dead 8 thanks to Peru and Russia and I don't have to deal with this shit.
Enjoy your cancer GOtards
Hello I am not Josef Vladimir Makarov Schazenberg and I am America #1 and not Russian. You won raffle of Steam, please tell detail of account, email address and credit card so I may give you free game
>>319650798
It's amazing. Steam is one of the most "protected" videogame related service I've ever dealt with and I'm absolutely stumped that people can fuck up even with all these fail safes and give Not Cheekibreeki their $300 knife for winning the CSGO lottery or whatever
>>319650514
>You must be 13 or older to use Steam
>No nudity
>No curse words in discussions or you get banned
>No "harrassment"
That's how, Steam is the most filtered shit you can get on PC and it's intended for a wide audience and as all reasonable people know, the majority of people, adult or otherwise are basically drooling retards
>>319650362
>brute force
>a method that takes longer than 24 hours for a 7-char password, and takes exponentially longer for each new character
>applied to a random password
Script kids, everyone.
>>319650835
n1gg3rb0y
fuckinA$$erryd4y
[email protected]
3288568823881488 666
>>319648228
my password is password1
it's so obvious that no one would guess it, but if someone were to guess it they would guess it wrong
i are genius
>>319650514
Because giving away free case hardened knife, check out this picture for more information!
totallylegiturl /screenshots/605513.jpg.exe.pdf.scr
>>319651153
how come I cant open the picture?
>Steam account is a september 12 2003 account
>Low five digit account
>Doesn't play with Russian fucks
Feels good man.
>>319648302
You act like people don't already have your phone number.
>People actually get scammed on steam
youre not getting my phone number, valve
give it up
>>319646931
Shit password, you must be underage then?
>>319651301
prove it
>5 years ago
>some ruskie got into my steam account in some fucking way (no i didnt write my password anywhere im not retarded)
>he probably just guessed my password, which was "bandilike1" at the time
>he plays HL2:DM for half an hour and then just idles
>literally does nothing else
>get my account back via steam support because i proved i had physical copies of games i have in my library
what the fuck russia
HL2:DM was even fucking free for everyone at the time too
>>319648328
Only 3? Thats not impressive for a bot brah
The only way to get hacked on steam is to have the same password on both steam and your email.
If you do have the same passwords your a fucking complete idiot who deserves to get hacked.
>these are professional CS:GO players, reddit contributors
>reddit contributors
Why do reddit shitters deserve an extra mention, are they a noteworthy class of people when it comes to Counter Strike?
>>319651967
why are red mages such sluts?
>>319651967
Because Reddit is the ninth most visited website in the US and thirty one on a worldwide scale. Hate it as much as you like, Leddit is reaching millions each days.
>>319651374
>hey it's me your brother
every time
>>319651536
I'm old enough to be your biological father.
>>319652243
why would being a contributor on a popular website mean you're knowledgeable about security, though?
>>319651214
>posts shitty smelly granny
Your tastes are bad and you should feel bad
There's already a Teamspeak exploit floating around that can bypass the Steam mobile authenticator without having to hack both devices, rendering this two-factor authentication process a complete waste of time that is only adding vulnerabilities.
>>319646741
>reddit contributors
lol
>>319653062
can it? Im genuinely curious to see how that would work
>>319653062
Good thing I use skype and discord
>>319653293
>Good thing I only use the NSA and Chinese botnets
>>319653293
>Good thing I use skype
>>319648078
also a ton of ts servers do this. tfw cant trust anyone
>>319653748
>ts servers
There are transexual servers?
>>319650287
I usually look at their account, see like 6 games and a private profile, and block and report them. That shit is beyond obvious
>>319653748
no they don't
you need to download shit yourself
>>319650362
you know what a dictionary attack is anon?
>>319653062
>not using mumble
lol
>>319653293
>skype for gaming
A tell tale sign of being a casual fuck. Go back to reddit.
>>319654423
http://forum.teamspeak.com/threads/120755-SECURITY-UPDATE-TeamSpeak-3-Client-3-0-18-1-is-Available/
Just one example of security holes in the past. Above anon makes it sound like there's one floating about right now but I honestly have no clue.
How to not get hacked:
-Don't click on links that strangers send you
-Don't do what strangers want you to do
-Don't talk with strangers who with background in the first place
-Don't play shitty Valve games that allow hosts to force virus files on your system
Wait a minute, Steam DRM now requires your phone number?
>>319655645
it's 2015
get with the times lmao
>>319655645
Doesn't require it, it's a new optional step to the identification process
>>319655423
>Dad calls me over for computer help
>oh boy
>Hey how come everytime I click thi-
>Don't click that link it's a virus
>-s link my anti-virus keeps telling me it's a virus?
>...because it's a virus
You'd think some of this shit would be common sense, but people manage to turn into the biggest retards as soon as they touch a keyboard
>>319656147
>optional
good one m8
>willingly giving your phone number to a fucking company like valve
I don't participate in any of the cs/tf2 hat shit.
Am I at risk?
>>319656310
So is it optional or not? Can I decline giving them my phone number when they ask and continue using Steam? I haven't touched it in months so I'm out of the loop.
>>319656309
Oh god. It feels so good to see someone else dealing with tech incompetent relatives.
I needed that laugh.
>>319656579
What could they possibly do with it tho?
>>319646931
>silvened06
Literally, there are people born in 2006 on /v/.
>>319656639
most likely not. Unless you play other f2p with item market, if there're any on Steam (like Spiral Knights or something)
>>319656709
Yeah it's optional, but if you don't have mobile authenticator turned on then every time you trade with someone Steam is going to hold your items for 3 days until you actually receive them.
>>319657009
I never trade with anyone on Steam so I think I'm fine then.
>>319656714
I actually told my mother to never install, update or klick on an unknown link without asking for my help first.
I was angry at the time and it worked out a bit too well.
>>319650362
his password IS more difficult to guess than iamaretardedfaggotplsfuckmytits5236.
It uses uppercase, lower, numbers, and symbols and pretty large. Your example password uses lowercase and numbers.
Also I highly doubt he manually types that in, he probably uses a password manager.
>>319657290
Finally a post from someone with a functioning human brain.
>liberals at Valve learn why financial regulations exist to the point they exist
>liberals at Valve thought they were going to come with a better solution than the one that humanity has reached over thousands of years regarding trade
It's like bitcoin all over again
>>319656818
your phone nr is your unique identifier they buy, sell or trade with other marketing firms to complete their dossier on you
sure, steam only knows your gaming related stuff, but other firms know their relative niche stuff and by addind those parts they get a complete picture
>>319657246
I was decidedly less diplomatic and cursed both my mother and my siblings out.
If they weren't going to contact me before dropping gross amounts of money on Pre-Built horse shit, they sure as fuck weren't going to bother me when said horseshit broke.
And that goes for everyone.
>>319646741
Feels good not having CSGO
>>319647521
Sounds like the most vulnerable people, the ones that download aimbots.
>there are people who think Gabe booty calling in the middle of the night and sending pics of his fat hairy kike cock isn't a good thing
>>319651079
>>a method that takes longer than 24 hours for a 7-char password
Dude, what?
>>319653062
can you explain how exaclty team speak messes with steam authentication?
>>319656309
>>319656714
My dad always has to feel like he's in charge or is more knowledgeable than me. Which made tech support more infuriating especially as my knowledge and qualification increases.
>Anon why is my computer slow
>I'll see if I can find out
>What is this?
>Malwarebytes so I can quickly scan your computer for some malware
>I have norton I don't have viruses
>Yes but norton doesn't catch everything also yours has been expired for 95 days
>So?
>They don't protect you when you're expired dad come on.
>Of course they do, it's on my computer, they would be breaking their business contract if they weren't protecting my computer.
>There's no contract, it's expired you're not paying for it.
>I just lose out on features, I'm not here for the features
>Protection is one of the feature!
>You don't have norton so you can't tell me what it's like to have norton
>I don't have norton because it's terrible, but that is besides the point, you don't have norton either!
>Then why is it on my computer
>Scan finishes and there are viruses
>See there are viruses
>How can I trust that program, it probably installed the virus
>Because it's a reputable program trust me, this is my job, I went to school for this, I have a degree in this, I am paid money to do this.
>Yeah but I'm 65
>What does that even mean
>I have been using the computer way before you were born
>You've been using it wrong
>>319658268
I don't even have to deal with tech illiterate family and even then I still died inside.
>How to never get "hacked" on Steam
don't use the trade function and have nothing in your inventory, it just works
>>319658268
I say this kind of shit to my brother as a joke so he thinks I'm incompetent with computers and fixes mine out of anger.
valve is greatest fucking jew gaming ever seen
godspeed russia
>>319658268
But... an antivirus still protects you past it's expiration date. It just doesn't receive updates, which is bad but way better than not having an av.
You're just a jerk-off that learned a few things and can't be bothered to pay attention to what others are saying.
>>319648228
amazing, that's the same code for my luggage
>>319657675
Quality post right here
Lol
>>319658683
>>319659167
every single one of these items is worthless
>>319650362
Do YOU know how brute force works? Fucking retard.
>>319659167
damn you nigga you deleted like 1 refined worth of items in total the economy may never recover
>>319646741
Im glad I don't play shitty games with item trading so I don't have to worry about this.
>>319658964
I'm talking exclusively about Norton and Norton hasn't done that in years. Real time protection is disabled if your subscription expires and you cannot manually scan your computers with an expired license.
Therefore the definition it already has is practically useless.
>>319659287
I think you forgot the rest of your sentence, the part where your supposed to have a point.
>>319646741
>These are not new or naïve users;
>these are professional CS:GO players, reddit contributors, item traders, etc.
So... naive users?
>>319659465
the scene the filename references wouldn't be the same if the joker burned like one dollar bill
>>319647215
Isn't this vulnerable to dictionary attacks?
>>319659167
>It's about sending a message
And that message is next time use an autoclicker, you mouthbreathing mong.
>>319659485
>naive users
Yes. Being an e-celeb means you need to fucking secure your shit. If you don't, welp...
>naive users
>>319659697
I really hope that someone smashes a bottle into your face, then goes back to your home and sets fire to your mother.
>>319653062
>teamspeak
lel, use fucking mumble
>>319659167
I forgot to mention they probably won't see what you have when you make your profile private. Look at the bunch of shit I can't get rid off.
>>319649976
Because a lot of companies contract a really awful indian company to handle it.
>>319658268
>>319658268
Yeah. My mother tried the same shit with norton.
That was where I got militant, and told her to hell with this horseshit.
>>319646741
>highly effective, organized network, in the business of stealing and selling items.
Confirmed!
>>319660034
>Steam inventory for Spiral Knights
>Can't display my Gran Faust, or Divine Avenger on my profile
lame shit
>>319657501
>your phone nr is your unique identifier they buy, sell or trade with other marketing firms
I want /x/ and /pol/ to leave.
I already gave steam my ssn to do more steam market trading (it's required for tax purposes. no really. irs is fuckin stupid)
Since then, nothing has happened. Identity hasn't been stolen. Nothin. I've been using Steam Guard to protect my items and wallet, too. I have an upwards of $120 in my steam wallet exclusively from buying and selling shitty emotes and backgrounds.
>>319659435
Oh, well I can now see why norton fell from grace...
>>319660519
>irs
IRS is basically forcing you to pay taxes whenever money is moving basically.
>>319660519
I have 63 bucks, but I'm so short on cash. I have to wait for games to go on sale at 5 dollars before I can get anything.
>>319660693
Yeah, it's gay. In this case, valve pays whichever taxes until I make, I think, 10,000 from this in a single year. Which will never happen. So whatever.
>>319660725
I only buy non-shit games. so I almost never buy games. Meanwhile, wallet keeps getting bigger.
>>319646741
if Russia and China were nuked, 99% of scumbags and hackers on the internet would disappear.
>>319660946
Get rid of BR BR HUE HUE too, please.
>have a good handful of valuable and rare items
>occasionally get added by a Russian
>always fuck with them in various ways because they don't have a single original method of scamming
It's so much fun messing with them like opening up a trade window, putting in the items they want to get, then just walking away from the computer and letting the trade window sit open. I once had a Russian so desperate that he literally sat there for 5 hours (I went out drinking) hoping that the "lag error" would subside. You can't imagine the rage he felt when I finally flat out told him I don't give handouts to Russian scum.
>>319660519
>IRS
You shouldn't be getting that unless you sold 200+ things AND make $20,000 in a given year. Had that happen to me this year actually, which sucks because I had to pay $3.6K in self-employment tax.
>>319659603
The point is that you have 7776^5 combinations of words, which is more secure than a mixed case+punctuation+numbers 8 character password (was lazy and just did 128^8, even through there are slightly fewer standard ascii chars than that) while being relatively easy to remember.
dunno if I like the Diceware list, because some of those things in its dictionary are kind of decidedly unmemorable, and that could bias the search space (eg, people re-rolling because who the fuck wants to remember a password like "tr a&p $$ styli oooo" -- that's a particularly bad example I made up looking at the list, but uncommon words that were actually words would be pretty easily memorable; I'd expect more passwords to look like "onward icing todd brooke payday" in practice)
The most important bit is that password your generation scheme is truly random, otherwise you can remove a ton of possibilities from the search space as an attacker.
like, you could make a mixed case+punctuation+numbers password the length of the Diceware password, but good luck remembering it without writing it down or storing it on your computer.
>>319646741
Thats kinda sad and all, but why don't you check how much your account is worth it!
Sign in with steam!
>>319663315
not too bad
>>319663518
>Games not played
>52%
Stop buying video games just because they're on sale.
>>319663647
I also have 68 gifts in my inventory
I can't help it
>>319646741
>be neet
>no gf or friends
>no need for cellphone
>have chinese tablet for manga
Will I really have to get a cellphone number for my Steam account? I have some alts too. I read it worked with tablets but no, it asks you for a phone number.
Sad part is, I know as soon as I have some cash around I'll contact one of those juicy TS escorts because I'm so fucking lonely, I don't want to get AIDS.
>>319663793
How do you imagine you're going to contact an escort without a cellphone?
>>319664053
I think thats what has kept me away from doing so.
>>319664237
No, your fear of social interaction is what keeps you from doing so.
Get a job in customer service. After about 3 months your confidence will surge dramatically.
>>319649920
Do you think account security is a dumb thing for valve to invest time into?
>>319663315
I'm not sure if this is good or bad
>>319650462
>living like a closet faggot
see guys i never got hacked!
>pretend economy is srs business
Anybody that bothers with this shit needs to get shot.
>>319646931
hey its me ur brother.
>>319647521
>CSGO professionals
>not naive
We're talking about fucking kids that always want the newest aimassist, they can hide in their steam cloud and use on tournaments.
>>319648981
>not even 2.6MB
>not even PNG
>>319651608
Billing address for any online transaction.
