>Buy CD key from G2A
>The seller tells Steam support someone hijacked their account
>Valve asks for a CD key to verify they're the owner of the account
>They supply the CD key they sold you as verification
>Thank you Mr. Liou, Steam Guard and Authenticator have been deactivated, please choose a new password
>Mr. Liou gains access to your account and there's nothing you can do because he can just provide your CD key to gain access to your account
Why do you do business with these chinks again?
>>338309435Steam Guard
>Thank you Mr. Liou, Steam Guard and Authenticator have been deactivated, please choose a new password
Pretty sure that doesn't happen.
The only way to remove the authentication is through a unique code you're given.
If you don't remember that code then you're fuck outta luck if you lose your phone.
Also
>buying from sellers with no rep
Let other morons do that.
>>338309435
Don't buy keys from these grey sites you dork. Even GMG keys got revoked.
>>338309761
They disable Steam Guard so you can re-gain access.
>>338309852
All you need to prove ownership of an account is one cd key or payment method used to purchase a game on that account. Once you provide either of these, you gain full access to the account.
Also, reputation means nothing. The keys come from various sources. There's no way for you to know why your account was hijacked. One day you try to log into Steam and realize you can't, despite having Steam Guard and Steam Authenticator. Some people might say you had malware on your phone and they gained access to both security methods. People don't think about that cheap game they bought from some chinks a couple months ago.
Why did you buy from a seller with 0 stars?
>>338310478
Who do you think rates the sellers, anon?
>>338310448
>>338310275
>>338309852
You outrageous cunts, you said we should support the authors because after all we got cheap keys, and when we get cheap keys they get revoked. NO WAY *ANY* games are worth more than 30$ at launch.
>>338309435
Propaganda is disgusting no matter which side slings it.
>>338310275
>Even GMG keys got revoked.
GMG is an official Steam reseller and always has been, so I doubt that's possible
>>338310448
>All you need to prove ownership of an account is one cd key or payment method used to purchase a game on that account.
People have no way of knowing which account a CD key they sold was activated on. They can't just go to Steam support and ask "can you give me ownership of the account associated with this CD key? The account is totes mine, I just conveniently forgot everything about it except this lone CD key."
Wouldn't they need your email to do this? If they didn't have the info for the account first, showing a picture of a CD key doesn't tell them which account it's attached to. Just use a different email when buying shit and you should be fine.
I have literally never had a reseller key revoked, and I've bought over 200 games through chink resellers
You retards are fear mongering for no reason. You're as likely to be caught pirating shit, meaning 0% chance.
>>338311047
>I forgot my username
>Can you provide a CDkey for a game associated with that account?
>Sure, it's URA-F4G-G0T-ASS1
>Thank you Mr. Chang. Here are your login details.
>>338310478
This.
>>338311136
You can get literally all information just by having a CD key.
Besides, most people use the same email to buy these cdkeys or pay for them with Paypal.
>>338310661
There's no such thing as an official Steam reseller. If third party websites want to get legit keys to sell, they have to go directly to each game's respective publishers to do so. Sites which circumvent this and get keys through other means, legal as they might be, are denominated gray market resellers.
GMG got in trouble with CDPR precisely due to that. CDPR wouldn't give anyone GOG keys, much less Steam keys, for TW3 because they wanted people to buy it directly from GOG, so GMG just went and bought a bunch of physical copies on some slav country, scanned the codes and put em up for sale. Due to currency conversion they also got the keys very cheap so they could undercut GOG themselves by a significant margin and still turn a profit. Not sure if CDPR revoked the keys or not, but that move was a lot of bad rep for GMG.
>>338311142
>fear mongering for no reason
Looks like G2A's street team has arrived.
>>338311407
>here's this thing that has never happened, it must be true because I greentexted it
Back in my days you had to provide a photo of your jewel box + key with your login written on the cd key.
>>338312002
It's true because it's posted on the Steam help website you imbecile.
>>338310661
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/06/rebellion-revokes-stolen-sniper-elite-3-keys-users-and-resellers-cry-foul/
>>338309435
>people post bundle keys here
Thanks for your all those steam accounts, suckers!
>>338313523
This is why you should NEVER take free keys off of /v/
>>338313523
Why do you think people post free keys?
People post their SteamIDs, the OP will check out all of the inventories of posters, pick out the most valuable one and give him the 'free' key.
>>338309435
>Why do you do business with these chinks again?
Because it works, and it's cheaper than Steam? Are you retarded?
>>338314093
Until your Steam account gets stolen, anyway.
>>338310448
>All you need to prove ownership of an account is one cd key or payment method used to purchase a game on that account. Once you provide either of these, you gain full access to the account.
If the first part of this was true, a lot of giveaway threads on here and elsewhere, in fact, the entire concept of giveaways period, would be filled with people having their accounts stolen by redeeming those keys.
A lot of giveaway threads are not filled with such people.
So... Yeah.
I have no comment on the other part since I have no idea what that means or how it'd be enough to give them the account info. There's a few more steps aside from just having a cd-key. I know that for certain.
I think you're either trolling or just have an axe to grind against folks that use this.
>>338314224
>getting your account stolen by redeeming a key from a third party site
What?
>>338314391
The internet is filled with people who get their accounts hijacked for no apparent reason.
When it's not malware, this is the reason.
>a single game key is enough account verification to gain full access to your shit
You cant be dumb enough to believe this.
>>338314942
It's posted right on the Steam help website.
>>338315335
Then show us, otherwise you're making shit up.
I'll just let a friend redeem the codes then gift me the game
>>338311881
>GMG got in trouble with CDPR precisely due to that.
Good goy, believe the polack jews.
GMG got its keys from Namco, the Europe Witcher distributor, and Namco even confirmed it on their behalf.
CDPR just whined because you weren't giving them full retail of goybucks.
>>338315496
Providing a picture of a physical CD-key along w/ ticket information is enough to be counted as "Proof of Ownership".
You cannot use CD key to acquire account name or password, those must also be provided in the ticket to contest ownership.
Also, you can easily claim ownership over dipshit trying to contest your account by providing the card/bank that's tied to the account.
what if i just leave steam online and logged in?
will they just give priority to some random dick claiming to me?
>>338316979
Yes, as long as they have your CD key, which they hang on to after they sell it to you.
anti key seller shills literally making up bat shit instane scenarios in the hopes you'll just buy from steam or some shit, top fucking kek
>>338309435
>have steam authenticator
>have steam recovery code
gg chinks
>>338316979
If homeboy knows your account name, they might.
the guy claiming that you can use the CD key to get the account name is wrong.
>>338316737
Just saying it doesn't make it true, link to the page in question and screen it you retard
>>338317367
>anti key seller shills
What?
>>338317369
Doesn't matter. All they need is the CDKey and they will remove those protections.
How do you think you get back in if you lose those?
>>338317462
4chan thinks the steam page is fucking spam and it's annoying the shit out of me.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_cat.php?s=637f2a6f0c357e9b617d0d499166ec20&id=94
>>338317687
You've parroted this multiple times ITT already. Provide solid evidence.
>>338317587
you should check out threads about shit like g2a and kinguin sometimes, there's a remarkable amount of people who believe every key is stolen or some shit
>>338309435
If this were true then G2A would've collapsed on itself a long-long time ago.
>>338309435
I'm sure some retard on 4chan is the first to discover this right? How fucking retarded are you?
>This fear mongering
Hey OP, give me one of your keys and I'll try to hack your account and prove you right for /v/.
>>338309435
except that's not how it fucking works you retard
Lies
Those buttravaged devs so mad that they have to make shit up to stop people from saving money.
I don't think g2a would be officially sponsoring 85% of twtich streamers if it was a scam.
>>338318504
Do not activate CD Keys from untrusted sources
CD Key marketplace websites and trade forums often contain scammers that will sell or trade keys and then attempt to use the key to claim ownership of your account. For your protection, it is recommended that you avoid such sites and forums. Follow the Recommended Trading Practices for all trade interactions involving your Steam account.
Straight from the Steam website. Google 5889-QIPK-3863
>>338318504
Yeah OP, just do that and be proven right.
Oh shit, look
>>338315785
The chinks have invaded 4chan. So many accounts are going to be taken by the madman! someone stop him!
>>338309435
Do you have any source for this?
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UE1BD-YSG21-VNJAC
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BJKZ9-HMOJW-EZPIQ
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>>338318673
why are you the first to discover this after over a decade of this shit happening when steam had even worse security and how are there businesses pretty much built around selling keys if theres such an issue like this?
>>338318915
I'm not.
>>338314942
I got my authenticator removed by sending in a few CD keys from humble bundles I purchased
>>338318595
Are you aware that G2A is just a search engine that lists several different resellers?
G2A is not selling the keys directly to you, it just connects you with a seller. And i doubt that all or most of those sellers are legit.
There is no way people can sell a game for half its price at release, if the key isnt either stolen or bought in russia.
>>338318914
required :
>cdkey
>any possible account name
if you're a retard and used the same shit for all your online services you deserve to get fucked
>>338318993
this is the first I've heard of such delusional bullshit mate
>>338319115
Okay.
>mfw after reading this thread
G-guys, is there any risk if I buy a D44M key from G2A? I would buy it from Steam but it's too expensive.
>>338319106
>This can happen!
>No it can't you retard!
>Yo, this can happen!
>It can only happen if you're a retard!
nice moving the goalposts.
Also, "Any possible" can also mean 0
>>338319035
plenty of other ways to get cheap keys
>buy in bulk
>don't be a jew and dont make as much of a profit as steam or goy got games
>buy in countries with weaker currency
i could go on really
>>338319218
Yes. All someone needs is a CDkey attached to your account to gain access to it.
It does not matter if you have Steam Guard or the Authenticator enabled.
>>338319218
you have a -0% chance of anyone stealing your account through a cd key, at most your key will be revoked but a simple charge back will solve that
>>338319221
its my first response to you
also you didnt provide a proof that this bypasses steamguard
>>338309435
>>Thank you Mr. Liou, Steam Guard and Authenticator have been deactivated, please choose a new password
Except that using the mobile autenticator, they disable steam guard to let you regain access only after you double confirmed with said authenticator, and since the seller doesn't have your phone, he can't do shit.
>>338310448
>All you need to prove ownership of an account is one cd key or payment method used to purchase a game on that accoun
No that's not all you need, read above.
I've bought from G2A / GMG many times and had 0 issues.
Only 1 time GMG gave me an invalid key for a game, and I had to go out my way to prove the key I bought was invalid, but it turned out they got a bad batch of keys for that game, and they gave me a new one.
>retail CD keys
This seems to imply physical retail, especially based on the example image they provide. Isn't it possible to buy keys that aren't sourced that way, thus bypassing this possibility?
I had a friend buy BF4 from a key site. Some guy from Ukraine kept changing his password somehow even though his email had 2factor and he was on a clean install of Windows. EA wouldn't do anything about it so my friend just said fuck it and let the Ukrainian trash continue to use his account.
This is why I never, ever buy keys.
>>338319380
Providing Proof of Ownership
Please provide verification of *ONE* or more of the following purchase methods with your Steam Support ticket:
Holy shit. How dumb are you fuckers?
>MFW G2A Overwatch keys will get deactivated by blizzard
PANIC
>>338319534
>my friend told me stuff
nice
>>338319326
Why does Valve specifically state otherwise then? >>338319209
>>338319654
I'm actually the one that found out because I saw his account log in and play on a russian server while he was at work.
But hey, live in denial all you want. Just hope your Steam account doesn't get swiped. My friend didn't care because he only paid $20 and BF4 was the only game on his Origin account.
>>338319713
show me evidence of someone getting their account hacked through a single cd key and nothing else
>>338311047
if you have a disc with a cd key activated on steam, and write down the support ticket, take a picture of both, and upload it to them, you'll get the account
I know this because its what I did when I got hijacked once.
>>338309435
G2A always looked like a scammer site 'hey look at all these black market keys we are selling for 90% off. we are legit I swear
WHY WOULD YOU BUY FROM G2A?!?!?! DON'T YOU UNINFORMED SHITS KNOW THAT THEY STEAL MONEY FROM POOR POOR INDIE DEVS?!?!?!
EVERYTIME YOU BUY A GAME FROM G2A, YOU'RE LITERALLY PISSING IN THE FACE OF PEOPLE WHO GRACED US WITH "GONE HOME" "THE WITNESS" AND OTHER VARIOUS INDIE TITLES WHICH FOR SOME REASON GET MORE SYMPATHY POINTS FROM REVIEWERS THAN THEY SHOULD.every time I try and write "from" it comes out "form" and I need to change it.
>buying anything ever from chinese at all in any capacity
Man I don't even eat chinese food, those cunts are shonky as fuck, jewish ratmen of the far east honestly.
Never had any issues, will continue buying shit and you can't stop me.
Not pictured some old g2a and kinguin stuff too.
instant-gaming seems to have bettter deals so i switched a while back
>>338319713
Contested ≠ownership
So say we had a list with tiers, Pirate being at 1 end and purchasing the title from an official retailer being at the other.
Where would someone who buys from cdkey sites be on it?
>buy all my games from Kinguin
>0 troubles
>quick delivery
>save tons of money
Maybe you are just paranoid OP?
>>338320595
i don't know anon ? if denuvo didnt exist we would be pirating so in the same tier i guess, or under i don't really give a fuck
>>338319839
>show me evidence of someone getting their account hacked
M8, he doesn't work at fucking Steam Support, how the hell is he going to find you evidence?
Or are you just running out of arguments?
Steam support is warning users of that issue, so it must be a problem that has happened in the past before.
You'd think people would be more vocal about this if it's an actual issue that can happen. I'm not sure about the validity of this, and I'm pretty sure most of the sales on those sites aren't used to hijack accounts.
Still, I think I'm going to stop using them now. Considering refunds are a thing now anyway.
Does anyone have any stories/proof of this happening?
>>338319209
I love how this post is getting ignored.
Valve is just lying because they want you to buy from them instead, right guise?
>>338320595
Purchasing from cdkey sites is actually more harmful to the devs than pirating.
>>338321046
He ran out of arguments long ago. He's been moving goal posts from the start because he's a G2A fanboy. Most poor people are.
>>338321307
How is that?
>>338321046
I was more asking for literally any other place where someone at least had proof that their account got hacked because of one cd key
>>338321307
I'd love to hear this explanation
>be me
>good goiy on steam
>i use this method to grab some steam accounts
>one day,some user adds me on steam
>he's some 13 year old who talks a lot of shit
>see a "free steam key" thread on /v/
>if someone gets quints,they get the key
>i post with the guys steam profile & my email for the code
>get code
>get on steam
>give the guy the code
>"thanks anon,you sure are a nice guy"
>"nice guy"
>kek
>few days later
>see the guys account
>fucking barren
>stock profile pic,no description,nothing
>his TF2 and DOTA items are gone
i have no life
>>338321660
proofs???
>>338321824
PROOFS GIVEN M8
only thing i see has changed is the pic and the description
>>338321403
>>338321564
Not him but I guess more people buy from cdkey sites than pirate, so it translates into a bigger loss of sales.
Just guesswork though, we know piracy is barely a drop in the bucket for lost sales, but it'd be interesting to see how much is lost due to cdkey sites.
>>338309435
There is a million things wrong with keystores like g2a, but the scenario you just described is both impossible and retarded.
>>338314942
I don't know about steam but battle.net uses this method. That's why i activated the reseller keys i bought on another account.
>>338322756
how is hong kong mr.chan?
Even if this does happen, can't you just dispute it and get your account back by presenting an even older CD key that was activated on the account?
>>338322756
If it's impossible then why is there literally a section about it on the Steam help page?
>>338309435
It's literally impossible for a seller on G2A to know both the key and your account, they either know one or the other depending on if you use steam gift or key option
>>338322038
People who don't use Steam Guard are fucking retarded anyway.
>>338323262
Or by presenting actual information, not just keys.
>>338323032
Are you schizophrenic like that one guy who accused everyone of reverse psychology shilling in the Starbound thread?
>>338323262
always be prepared for the chinese
>>338323507
take a joke
sorry to break your bubble, steam support asks for the first cdkey used in that steam account, i know because the fucking autistics asked me for my half life 2 cdkey i activated in 2004 and is obviously lost but yeah, at least i didnt had anything valuable
>>338323472
>>338323568
Well you'd have a physical CD-key with the support ticket ready to give to them, like an old half life 2 copy or something. That's surely older than any game you'd buy from these websites and you'd be able to obtain ownership from being contested, according to what it says on the steam support page.
>>338310582
the buyers
>>338323767
Or just give them your payment info that you used to actually buy games directly with.
>>338314557
He's just being retarded.
Even if you did get hijacked, you can contest for it back easily. You have bank account info and card info, as well as any other CD Keys you legit purchased yourself.
You literally can't get fucked.
>>338311407
steam doesn't know your password retard
>>338324283
Read the post I responded to, dipshit.
Jesus christ the amount of genuine retards in this thread is astounding.
>Implying I don't have a bunch of keys that I bought legit that can be used to contest ownership easily
>Implying I have anything worthwhile in my steam inventory
>>338324482
Why don't you post some examples of an account getting stolen through G2A?
>>338324707
Valve has an entire section dedicated to this very method on the support page.
>>338324921
Literally post one (1) example of this happening, not some clause in Steam's rules. And i don't mean someone regaining access to their account through CD keys, i mean someone getting their account hijacked.
>>338325073
Read >>338319209
They *literally* say that this is something people do, it has nothing to do with rules.
It's not something someone who gets hijacked can prove, it's something only Valve can detect. End users do not have access to communications between Valve and other end users.
>>338325073
all he has is one screencap mate, let him have his moment
>>338325471
So, no one has ever posted saying their account got hijacked because they bought a key from another site. Okay.
>>338325471
So what you're saying is you can't find anyone ever mentioning that they had their account hijacked after buying a game or activating a random CD key. Not ONE instance. Surely someone would post or tweet about this happening to them if it had happened?
>>338309435
>Mr. Liou gains access to your account and there's nothing you can do because he can just provide your CD key to gain access to your account
I provide my oldest key (hl2) and get my account back. Now what?BTFO
>>338325073
You're asking him to provide evidence for his argument, after the entire thread he hasn't? You're beating a dead horse man.
You'd still need to know basic account information like email, account ID, and whatnot.
How would a G2A seller get any of that? They gonna hack my internetz?
>>338325669
>>338325748
Considering it's news to /v/ that you can claim an account simply by presenting a cd key to Steam support, I don't see why anyone would ever consider that the reason they've been hijacked is because they bought a cdkey from an untrusted party.
>>338325979
yeah dude when you put in the key they give you it adds you to the botnet man!
>>338325979
those 10 digits in the cd key contain malware lad, be careful and stay safe
>>338326012
As if Steam wouldn't tell you why your account got hijacked when you present them with evidence that it is, in fact, YOUR account. Evidence that matters more than cd keys, like payment info.
>>338326012
Okay. So not a single post anywhere on the entire internet about it. Wow, I better stop buying my games at 50% off then.
>>338317924
>just linking to the steam knowledgebase without linking to the information you keep "quoting"
A++
>>338326012
yeah so absolutely nothing about anyone being fucked because of this, thanks for playing
>>338326223
Well, that was entertaining while it lasted. What an utter retard.
>Buy key from G2A
>Get key
>Activate it on my account that they have no idea what the name is
>???
>PROFIT
>>338326151
They don't.
>>338326171
>>338326327
Like I said, if people don't know this can happen, how would they ever suspect it in the first place? Most people just assume some 1337 h4x0r 'hacked' their account or they assume they've been infected with malware.
Some people don't know that trojans exist, but if you asked someone that has never used a computer if they exist and they said no, that doesn't mean they don't exist.
Valve has *confirmed* that this is something that happens. It's backed up by the fact that you can re-gain access to your account with a single cd key that has been attached to it.
The fact that you're ignoring the hard evidence and demanding anecdotal evidence means you're willfully ignorant of this issue. You want to live in lala land where you feel safe for buying keys from shady resellers. You feel that if you can move the goal post, it isn't an issue. But deep down the seed of doubt has been planted. Enjoy the constant paranoia of wondering if and when your precious Steam account will be swiped away from you. You've been warned, kiddo.
How does this work on other services?
Eg. can some chink steal my battlenet if I buy a Overwatch key?
>>338327254
Like I said, no proof.
I didn't bother reading anything else you wrote. Now I'm going to close the page. Maybe buy a cheap game from g2a.
>>338327254
hard evidence? where?
>>338327471
Yep.
I used to sell WoW accounts on playerauctions, then after 120 days I would contact support, give them my CD key and get my account back.
can you buy a game with an empty steam account and just gift it to your main, or will steam ban you or something after doing that a couple times?
>>338327568
>>338327572
Steam support page.
>>338327793
lmao
>>338323841
chinks is the correct answer.
i love g2a
>>338310448
>Once you provide either of these, you gain full access to the account.
No you fucking don't. They still require email and Steam guard codes.
>>338309435
And all of this could have been avoided by buying from a trusted seller with a few thousand 5 star ratings.
Or in other words: things that never happened: the thread.
so you are saying, sellers with high reputation that get load of cash for selling gray keys is going to each of all the accounts he sold the keys and the names doesnt know and even less if the email is different from the g2a account that the buyer linked to steam?
Also without having other info that the key he is going STEAM I FORGOT LITERALLY EVERYTHING FROM MY ACCOUNT, CAN I GET IT BACK WITH JUST THE KEY THAT PROBABLY ISNT EVEN MINE?, sure this can happen, but same can happen if you leave the door of your house open.
>>338328663
Bzzzt. Wrong.
CD keys and forms of payment are literally master keys to gaining access to an account.
>>338321660
faggot
Made a post on Reddit asking about this security flaw and everyone told me I'm perfectly safe.
4chan is a bunch fear mongers.
>collect all the CD keys I've used on G2a
>go to nearby starbucks with laptop and attempt to "recover" my account using the keys
>give them just a little less information than they need
>get denied of course
>repeat weekly with the dozen keys I have with my account over the next few months
>Valve flags my account for extremely high security risk, making any future account hijacking attempts with CD key impossible
>>338333333
>trusting gooks
not even once
>>338334364
Oh no, now I'll have to get a refund and buy it somewhere else for cheaper because the price went down during that time!
Op is like Kramer who yelled nigger, tried to run with a joke that was clearly dead in the water.
>>338334364
>ebinmaymays folder
Opinion completly disregarded.
>>338334459
what are you talking about?
i didnt get a refund
