Gabe Newell Gives Out His Steam Password, Double-Dares You

[News Portal]

Now that the Steam Guard is in beta - read more about that in James' article here - people like Gabe Newell are hitting the virtual streets to challenge you to break and enter their virtual houses. Want to know Gabe Newell's login details? I've very rudely hidden them after the jump.

Read full article by Tim Colwill

[SomeXspeC]

He's going to regret that Far too many that are nifty in that area to risk it!

[cyclobs]

it's probably just a fake account made for testing this. I'd say if someone does manage to get in then they know they still got things to work on

[Edward]

So basiclly it just locks it to that computer?

What if you're computer dies?

I don't see what is so amazing about "Steam Guard"?

[Rogue]

I'd say if someone does manage to get in then they know they still got things to work on

Indeed - a great way to challenge the security of your system.

[Jigoku]

So basiclly it just locks it to that computer?

What if you're computer dies?

Then you authorise another one using a validation code that gets sent to your registered email address. You can then choose to deauthorise every other computer from using your account.

I don't see what is so amazing about "Steam Guard"?

Really? I can give you my username and password (as Gabe did) and you still wouldn't be able use/steal/hijack my Steam account. This will completely render phishing attempts useless.

Sounds pretty amazing to me.

[nitrocdh]

The Password is actually: MoolyFTW

[Tim Colwill]

The Password is actually: MoolyFTW

Have you got a source? I heard someone else say that but couldn't verify it, so I went with the all-lowercase spelling. If you can find something I'll update the article, cheers!

[Jigoku]

The Password is actually: MoolyFTW

Have you got a source? I heard someone else say that but couldn't verify it, so I went with the all-lowercase spelling. If you can find something I'll update the article, cheers!

Watch the video you linked with the article perhaps? You can actually see it on the powerpoint slide in the video preview image!

[exe3]

I don't see what is so amazing about "Steam Guard"?

Really? I can give you my username and password (as Gabe did) and you still wouldn't be able use/steal/hijack my Steam account. This will completely render phishing attempts useless.

Sounds pretty amazing to me.

why would you give someone your steam username and password?

[Jigoku]

why would you give someone your steam username and password?

I wouldn't and perhaps you wouldn't either, but recovering hijacked/phished Steam accounts is (was? ) one of the most prevalent issues Steam support deals with.

[nitrocdh]

The Password is actually: MoolyFTW

Have you got a source? I heard someone else say that but couldn't verify it, so I went with the all-lowercase spelling. If you can find something I'll update the article, cheers!

If you tried it for yourself you would see

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/ ... m-Password

^^ Has it in that but just test for yourself and it comes up with the correct message

This is what it looks like when you get the correct pw: MoolyFTW



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[InAUGral]

So basiclly it just locks it to that computer?

What if you're computer dies?

Then you authorise another one using a validation code that gets sent to your registered email address. You can then choose to deauthorise every other computer from using your account.

I don't see what is so amazing about "Steam Guard"?

Really? I can give you my username and password (as Gabe did) and you still wouldn't be able use/steal/hijack my Steam account. This will completely render phishing attempts useless.

Sounds pretty amazing to me.

anything that stops someone hijacking or stealing an account, whether it is mine or someone elses, is a win in my book.

EDIT: if anyone has enough friends on steam would notice that from time to time one person gets attacked and then everyone in a steam group does, and often they nab at least 3 people, simply clicking a link is enough and if this stops that then it will be worth it.

[Yurtles]

why would you give someone your steam username and password?

You've never swapped accounts with a mate to play games you don't own yourself?