Timeline for Why is Steam so insistent on security?
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| Dec 21, 2015 at 18:33 | comment | added | gman | I get the distinction you're making but if your steam password gets stolen or your machine gets owned through a steam game both of those are "end user security". Having someone log in as you isn't going to cause service distruptions for Steam itself nor prevent anyone except the user in question from spending money. Having their machine owned will also likely prevent them from spending money while they're off using time fixing their machine and cleaning up accounts instead of spending money on steam. | |
| Dec 3, 2015 at 10:04 | comment | added | WhiteWinterWolf | I mostly agree with you, however it's most a question of security purpose than security definition. The goal here is to ensure Steam's own security (prevent any fraud, prevent service disruptions or any other inconvenience which could refrain people from spending money, etc.) and not Steam end user's security... | |
| Dec 3, 2015 at 10:01 | history | edited | gman | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 383 characters in body |
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| Dec 3, 2015 at 9:55 | history | answered | gman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |