Steam questionaire?

You don't have an IP address. You are assigned one. It can renew at anytime or sometimes it's just requested or changed at random.

They don't need to ask, they just take the data.... the bank is the only one that matters, so don't bank online.

When the internet was good, you could have a static IP, but all/most IP address for the user is shared now, meaning the pool of the address can be changed or rotated....

I suspect Valve is required to collect information for tax purposes.

I am curious about the windows menu asking for IP address. I have not seen or heard of that. Can you provide more details, please?

Originally posted by Boomer Lite:

I suspect Valve is required to collect information for tax purposes.

I am curious about the windows menu asking for IP address. I have not seen or heard of that. Can you provide more details, please?

Valve can't do anything with any data, they can't do anything to you or anybody you know. Most of these video game apps or programs or api's can't do anything... Microsoft can do something, your ISP can do something. But these video game spaces, web sites and servers, gamers, people are not scary, just silly.

Originally posted by LeviathanWon:

Originally posted by Boomer Lite:

I suspect Valve is required to collect information for tax purposes.

I am curious about the windows menu asking for IP address. I have not seen or heard of that. Can you provide more details, please?

Valve can't do anything with any data, they can't do anything to you or anybody you know. Most of these video game apps or programs or api's can't do anything... Microsoft can do something, your ISP can do something but these people are not scary, just silly.

I didn't mean to suggest Valve can do anything to you. But Valve is likely required to collect information for tax purposes.

You mean like buying something with cash, and the clerk asks for your phone number?
Just give them some random number.

Originally posted by Boomer Lite:

Originally posted by LeviathanWon:

Valve can't do anything with any data, they can't do anything to you or anybody you know. Most of these video game apps or programs or api's can't do anything... Microsoft can do something, your ISP can do something but these people are not scary, just silly.

I didn't mean to suggest Valve can do anything to you. But Valve is likely required to collect information for tax purposes.

For no reason what-so-ever will Valve need your tax information.

Originally posted by LeviathanWon:

Originally posted by Boomer Lite:

I didn't mean to suggest Valve can do anything to you. But Valve is likely required to collect information for tax purposes.

For no reason what-so-ever will Valve need your tax information.

They used to collect information for tax reasons (in the US). Maybe they stopped.

ETA: Seems they still ask.

https://steamhost.cn/help_steampowered_com/en/faqs/view/61F0-72B7-9A18-C70B

Well, maybe the good guys are dead and the Chinese bought something and they want you to comply with something, you can or you can tell them fu** off and go to jail.... or fight a bunch of cops most likely die, nobody knows.....

Originally posted by LeviathanWon:

Well, maybe the good guys are dead and the Chinese bought something and they want you to comply with something, you can or you can tell them fu** off and go to jail.... or fight a bunch of cops most likely die, nobody knows.....

You do you, of course.

I prefer staying legit.

All I know you greedy pricks and lairs tell some bad stories, bad actors, make some scam garbage and not complying to simple player requests.

The more polite way of saying, on please magical TOY maker, oh great master, please port this game over cause you are cheating people out not being able to play something that they would like to play, and you have no reason not to do it.

A reminder.... a suggestion....

But the anger gets in, you won't cause you want to make more money and cave to other people who have more money or power then you do, so you won't cause you are a greedy piece of sh*t bastard and a coward.

Originally posted by Pierce Dalton:

Steam questionaire?

Exactly, sounds bizarre. @OP could you give us more info?

do you mean the hardware survey?