Steam Guard is awful if you use VPN

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EvilDave 29 Jun @ 9:22am

If you value your privacy and occasionally use a VPN, Steam Guard is here to make your life absolutely miserable by requiring ultra-extended sign-ins every.single.time. Apparently security is NOT the focus with the Steam Guard developers.

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HikariLight 29 Jun @ 12:16pm

Use of location proxy (using a VPN) is a violation of Steam's ToS.

So if course the security system is going to call you out on it.

If you are simply browsing, then you're fine, but if you are trying to buy from the store or use the marketplace, then you can get your account suspended.
And that's worse than a ban.

Last edited by HikariLight; 29 Jun @ 12:17pm

EvilDave 3 Jul @ 10:05am

I'm browsing; seems irrelevant. Is that some kind of excuse? I'm not committing commerce fraud I'm just setting up a new phone. There seems to be an inconsistent policy position here. Moreover, the security question, which can be answered more than once, only has two answers.

Last edited by EvilDave; 3 Jul @ 10:16am