But while this is understandably frustrating, securing your account should be the bigger priority."Īctually options like 3rd party PC software to do the authentications are starting to pop up by random developers that may or may not be safe to use, which will soon be even bigger secuurity issue for Valve if one of these by-passes starts causing security issues and being abused by malicious individuals. Re: "There's little other option right now. This needs a lot more attention from all Windows focused media sites as it basically destroys the whole trading experience for anyone with a Windows Phone. Thanks a lot for coverring this issue on Windows Central. We will, of course, update if and when we hear anything back from anyone at Valve.
But do remember, this is the company that seems to have refused to make another Half Life game, so there's a good chance it just doesn't care about making one. With regards to mobile, we have reached out to Valve in the hope of getting a statement on any future (or not) for Windows Phone users and a Steam mobile app. There's a whole detailed post on what's happening and why it's happening over on the Steam blog which you'll find linked below. But while this is understandably frustrating, securing your account should be the bigger priority. You can't complete trades instantly unless someone close to you has a supported device you can use so you'll have to sit and wait for three days. So, if you're on a Windows Phone or a new Windows 10 Mobile phone, you're firmly relegated to the slow lane. And since they're making money from Steam trading as well, there's no reason for it to cease altogether. Valve states this is a whopping 77,000 accounts every month, so rightly so, action has to be taken. Part of this enhanced security is the sheer number of Steam accounts which are compromised. This gives both Steam and users the time to discover their accounts have been hacked and recover it before the hackers can steal their items." Users who haven't enabled it, or can't, can still trade, but they'll have to wait up to 3 days for the trade to go through.
"This means that anyone using the Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator to confirm trades is able to continue trading as always. The problem then lies in what happens when you don't have an Android phone or an iPhone lying around to use Steam Guard with:
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