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Steam Guard System Is Up And Running

by Meagan Marie on March 17, 2011 at 09:34 AM

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Valve's Gabe Newell made news during GDC when he goaded viewers to take his Steam password and try to access his account. The bold display was intended to draw attention to a new feature of the downloadable game client, Steam Guard.

The system takes advantage of Intel’s Identity Protection Technology to secure Steam users against phishing and hacking by authorizing the use of specific computers.

According to an official update, the system has graduated from beta and is now available for general use. All that is required to take advantage of the tech is a verified e-mail address and update.

[Steam via BigDownload]

Filed under: News, Valve, steam, intel, gabe newell, the steam guard system

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by Azirik Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 09:50 AM

This is nice. Personally, I've never had trouble with my steam account being hacked at all, just WoW :(
by theLast_Knight Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 09:53 AM

Gabe Newell must be either bold or crazy to put his password out to the public like that to test this system out.
by eyros2k Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 10:00 AM

Yeesh, how much would that suck to have your Steam hacked and lost... like someone breaking in and swiping your disc collection. Any additional security on that front is welcome.
by Stryker96 Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 10:05 AM

I'm definitely installing this.
by Cameron Koch Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 10:30 AM

Pretty cool. I love steam it is such a great service. Hopefully it stays free forever!
by William Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 10:34 AM

I thought it said that it didn't take advantage of Intel's Identity Protection, but that it might in the future?
by Ian Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 11:04 AM

Sick, I will download this when I get home. I'm guessing it just links your mac address to the steam client or something?
by ShootrMgavin Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 11:41 AM

After he supplied his password, I bet he changed his steam password like 5 mins later lol.
by Di5a5terp13ce Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 12:08 PM

Hopefully this system works well.
by Vibrant_Sounds Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 03:23 PM

And why hasn't this been done before? It seems like a pretty simple solution to a problem most programs have that require a username and password.
by Joe Padlo Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 03:24 PM

The additional security is a great peace of mind feature.
by Nate77 Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 06:04 PM

Yes!! That's good!!
by Kurt Thomas Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 06:35 PM

I have to say, I'm immensely impressed that Gabe Newell's account hasn't been hacked yet.
by beardtongue Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 08:01 PM

oh i've got to do this
by BMW Friday, March 18, 2011 at 02:16 PM

My Mac is too slow for Steam. •)v(•
by gamergirl89 Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 11:28 PM

Go Intel!