Steam 2FA codes allegedly got leaked. If you use 2FA with your phone number, turn it off NOW and secure your account.

Confirmed false. See comment.

  • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Steam is warning users to enable Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator and keep an eye on account activity.

    Fuck off and let me use my own TOTP app already.

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      13 hours ago

      I cut Steam some slack because they were early to that particular party, so they got grandfathered in. Plus the QR signin is fairly useful (not that they couldn’t do it regardless, but still).

      Their app is pretty ancient, can be kinda buggy and it’s not great overall, though.

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        10 hours ago

        I remember reading something about Steam having some of the best login protection even before HTTPS was a thing. I gotta find that article again since it was pretty cool

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      13 hours ago

      Steam is one of the few apps that I’m fully okay with having on my phone and using for 2fa. I especially like that when I go to login it’s like Discord where I can scan a QR code to confirm from the App instead of having to type in a number that expires. Like it would be nice to have the other functionality as well but I’m content with their current system

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        13 hours ago

        I don’t mind that they have 2FA features in their app. I mind that using SMS for this has been known to be bad practice for years and they’ve tried to leverage that insecurity to push users to the Steam app. It’s reckless and this current data breach is only possible because of it.