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WETER 7 Jun, 2024 @ 7:19pm
SIH (Steam Inventory Helper) extension scam activity
SIH started adding games to your wishlist and subscribing to game news on its own

Some of my friends have this game on their wishlist out of nowhere.

As one review wrote for the extension:
Originally posted by Hasan Akdoğan:
Convenient extension but scummy behaviour from its devs prevents me from recommending it. The Steam API access given to the extension is been used maliciously by the devs to promote games by following and wishlisting said games without even notifying the user.
I just found out about it when I was confused with a wish listed game (that I didn't remember adding) on my steam activity and came across this steam community post:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/2879560/discussions/0/4328601806881443463/?insideModal=1#c4328601806882486145

Their terms of service includes a sentence saying: "Provide users with recommendations for games on the Steam platform and add them to the “wish list”, solely based on the user's interests and/or games already added to the “wish list”."
Basically another case of eula roofing. Avoid this malware of an extension at all cost.

This of course has been written about for a long time but they only started using it like a couple weeks ago for evil deeds:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/70xofs/warning_trusted_steam_inventory_helper_now/

You can check out the wave of subscriptions on SteamDB:
https://steamdb.info/app/2879560/charts/

The developers themselves wrote about it and threaten those who leave reviews in google chrome
Originally posted by SIH Tech Support:
Hello.
Such feature has been implemented by us and published publicly not only in the patch notes sections, but as part of the extension usage rules, and the privacy policy you agree to by installing our extension, this feature (recommending games based on your interests) can be turned off in the settings.
If you have any information that can confirm that our extension is involved in fraudulent activities, please provide us with this information to the official mail of the extension, otherwise, we will consider this comment as slander against the company, damaging our business reputation.
All reviews and their threats can be found on the extension page in the chrome store. Also there are reviews about the expansion buying random cheap stuff for an expensive price

The funny thing is that they're promoting a game that's 4 years old and it's only now that they're releasing a free prologue and boost it through connections with SIH.

Honestly, I didn't know where to post, so I thought I'd post here to increase awareness.
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GraVe 7 Jun, 2024 @ 11:32pm 
settings -> developer settings -> Allow SIH to recommend me games on Steam: -> Off

you should check your add-ons and settings regulary.

also, why insert the API on that Add On? i didnt, why for?
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