Enhanced Security for your Steam Account

qubit · Oct 28, 2009

Enhanced Security for your Steam Account.

I'm not sure whether this is more appropriate here in Games or General Software, but here goes:

Steam has introduced email verification to further protect your Steam Account. Once you've verified your address...

Read the rest on the Steam announcement.

I certainly welcome any improvement in security. I must have at least a good £200 worth of games invested in this platform and I don't want some script kiddie trashing my account.

Easo · Oct 28, 2009

This is nice, but probably someone will whine about the fact that they need to spend their valuable seconds to log into e-mail xD

Meow9000 · Oct 28, 2009

There abit late with the announcement. I verified my account this way 2 months ago at least!

MRCL · Oct 28, 2009

Thanks, didn't know that, just verified.

qubit · Oct 28, 2009

Meow9000 said:
There abit late with the announcement. I verified my account this way 2 months ago at least!

I wonder why they kept it quiet, then?! :eek:

1933 Poker · Oct 30, 2009

Just Verified for Knighting Gale and FEAR 1933!! E@cellent

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Enhanced Security for your Steam Account

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