Uh-oh - Steam 'hacked'

**Xiahou** · 04-19-2007, 20:46

Meh, good for em, if true. I've always hated Steam- it's annoying, obtrusive, shovelware.

**TB666** · 04-19-2007, 21:18

pheww, good thing I use e-cards.
Alot safer.

**edyzmedieval** · 04-19-2007, 22:51

I hope they haven't registered my credit card information. My cc was refused, I hope they didn't register it.

**Hepcat** · 04-20-2007, 01:39

I've never brought any games through it but I've used it to update games and to play them online and I don't like it. I find it annoying and prefer to use Xfire now.

It's rather disturbing news though. Hopefully it's all a hoax.

**Whacker** · 04-20-2007, 04:05

Originally Posted by Xiahou

Meh, good for em, if true. I've always hated Steam- it's annoying, obtrusive, shovelware.

You forgot "big brother-ish spyware".

Kind of amusing in a personal way, my job is to keep my employer OFF of the front page of CNN due to stuff exactly like this.

**sapi** · 04-20-2007, 07:46

The article and the commentary.

So half bs, half fair dinkim tardishness.

Last I checked, though, hacking a server located in the US makes you liable for violating US law.....

**Bijo** · 04-20-2007, 11:09

Originally Posted by sapi

The article and the commentary.

So half bs, half fair dinkim tardishness.

Last I checked, though, hacking a server located in the US makes you liable for violating US law.....

I don't trust that response. I don't trust Steam. Afaik they're all suspect for we have no immediate direct solid proof that what they say is actually true. We just have articles and such claiming things. Nevertheless, of course we assume that what's written there is true :)

And if he broke into their "third-party system..." yeah, he's gonna be hunt down. I'm curious as to how it'll unfold.

**Husar** · 04-20-2007, 12:01

I was a bit sceptical about steam already when Valve announced it.
There was this big fuss about people stealing the Half Life 2 Beta from Valve's buero network and then I'm supposed to give them my credit card data?

I think I've never even been on the steam webpage, if it's not www.steam.com, I don't even know what it is.

**sapi** · 04-20-2007, 12:38

Well, Steam is a fantastic piece of software, except for a few things:
1) It likes choosing content servers in the US when I've got free ones with a 100ms response time in australia
2) It hates it when your net's capped

What it does, it does well, for the most part

**edyzmedieval** · 04-20-2007, 22:47

I don't feel too safe, even right now.

I'm gonna sue Steam and ask for 10 million dollars if anyone touches my credit card.

**Xiahou** · 04-21-2007, 02:15

Originally Posted by sapi

Well, Steam is a fantastic piece of software, except for a few things:
1) It likes choosing content servers in the US when I've got free ones with a 100ms response time in australia
2) It hates it when your net's capped

What it does, it does well, for the most part

That and it downloads things you didn't ask for and without your permission and it phones home and requires an active connection for even single-player and it's a waste of resources that has to be running while you're gaming.

Other than that, it's fantastic though...