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• Cool. : Happy Doodle Muffin
• I wonder how long it'll take to sweep down to the everyday PC user. : Creepin_Jeezus
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  So I guess once you enable this, your account will only work on Sandy Bridge PCs? What happens if your m... : Arcanum
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    call valve and hopefully it'll be like windows activation calls with microsoft : RikiTiki2
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      call valve LOL : Merconium
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        they're going to have to start having a service center for this, though : RikiTiki2
        • That'll be fun. I've already had plenty of "adventures" with Microsoft's call center calling me a thief ... : the archvile
      • I've called them before. 425-889-9642 : dmason
  • Good question. It would suck to be locked out of your own stuff due to hardware failure. : coyoterys
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    Is there only one "management PC" allowed though? That doesn't seem very Steam-like. I would imagine th... : warthog
    • I'm just going by how the article was written. It sounds like there's only one management PC. : Arcanum
  • Kinda seems like it flies in the face of Steam Cloud, too. If you can only login from one pc then whats t... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  You'll also be able to amuse yourself by freely giving your login details to every phisher who messages y : humbleone
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    Then someone finds a vulnerability... hehe! : Bingo
    • that was my thought exactly. the first, last, and best line of defense against account hijacking is the u... : radio_babylon
    • hehehehe :( : humbleone
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  A mobile autheticator app for android/iphone would have been better. : Dr_Cube
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    How would that work? : nymosis
    • The same as it does for WoW? : Haxim
    • Similar technology to magnets : rosewood
• I've given these a fair shot but they have to go. Ban shacknews. : Boxelder
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  So this is just to stop your passwords being changed? Because it sounds like people will still be able... : Beady
  • No, this would prevent them from logging into your account from an unauthorized PC even if they had your ... : Herman Toothrot
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  this is a good idea but I also secretly laugh on the inside when people get phished. : redfive
  • Schadenfreude! : BornAcorn
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  I think the idea is good in theory, not so good in practice. How many steam users have a Sandy Bridge chi... : Madwacker
  • Who had multi-monitor set-ups before they allowed weird resolutions? Or, for that matter, widescreen, whe... : AlexW1203
• My single biggest computer-related fear is something happening to my Steam account, so I am all for this ... : passingstranger
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  So uhh.. What happens if you upgrade or your CPU dies? How are you supposed to reverify? : Landrosradick
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    Well ideally you would take care of it before you replaced your CPU. And if your CPU dies lol almost impo : YerMothah
    • This is true. CPUs don't really die unless you're messing about with overclocking without taking proper ... : passingstranger
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  http://www.rathergood.com/spoonguard : Chipwarrior
  • Protect yourself, with SSPPPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNGUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA... : deject
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  I don't know why steam is using this, but the intel RSA built in security is EXTREMELY useful for busines... : Zero Hoki
  • Buying Thousands of dollars worth of games IS serious business. : coyoterys
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  To enable this Valve needs to reconfirm your username and password. To make it easier on shackers they sa... : rosewood
  • wirelesscattle / 1Moooooon! OHNOES IT DIDN'T WORK : RaptorII
• Steam should have an optional 2nd level authenticator just like blizzard offers :/ I know logging in/o... : maulla
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  What about changing your account login email? I haven't had access to mine for a year or so :( Account is... : supaLink
  • You can change the email address it is associated with, just not the login name. https://support.steampow... : RaptorII
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  now let me change my username! :( : devpaul
  • rollaz4ever@deadisp.com : dodob