Steam Privacy Issue Fixed

[Feb 06, 2013, 4:13 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

A privacy issue has been corrected on the Steam Community Website that could expose details about users' games and activity, even when their profiles were set to private or friends-only. Ars Technica says they brought the problem to Valve's attention, and while it was never publically acknowledged, it is not longer possible to exploit it.

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Re: Steam Privacy Issue Fixed

Feb 6, 2013, 17:36

PHJF

Steam Community Website that could expose details about users' games and activity, even when their profiles were set to private or friends-only.

DEAR GOD I'M DELETING MY STEAM ACCOUNT RIGHT NOW!!!!




Steam + PSN: PHJF

Re: Steam Privacy Issue Fixed

Feb 6, 2013, 16:19

jacobvandy

Who gives a shit about their activity feed being viewable by the public anyway? It's games you own, games you've been playing and earning achievements for, etc. That is not a privacy issue. If you're posting sensitive information in comments on your screenshots or something, that's your own stupidity.

Re: Steam Privacy Issue Fixed

Feb 6, 2013, 16:13

jdreyer

This has been the case for along time. Since I only have family on steam, I didn't really care.




Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.

Re: Steam Privacy Issue Fixed

Feb 6, 2013, 16:07

avianflu

not shocked. Not to pick on Steam in particular but I dont trust their security levels after their forum board logins were breached last year.

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