Valve has officially rolled out it’s new Steam security system, Steam Guard, which allows users to lock their accounts to a single PC if they so choose.
Steam Guard essentially blocks all attempts to access a protected Steam account, then sends verification emails to a registered email address which allow the account owner to monitor account activity and grant access on a single PC at a time.
While Steam Guard may not be hugely helpful for some users who already access Steam from a single location, it provides a valuable extra level of security for those who use Steam in public locations or cybercafés.
Valve is so certain that Steam Guard is a secure system that when Valve founder Gabe Newell was discussing it at the Game Developers Conference earlier this year, he publicly revealed his personal Steam password.
Let us know your thoughts in the forums.
This article has been updated to remove an incorrect report that Steam Guard required Intel CPUs to function.
Steam Guard essentially blocks all attempts to access a protected Steam account, then sends verification emails to a registered email address which allow the account owner to monitor account activity and grant access on a single PC at a time.
While Steam Guard may not be hugely helpful for some users who already access Steam from a single location, it provides a valuable extra level of security for those who use Steam in public locations or cybercafés.
Valve is so certain that Steam Guard is a secure system that when Valve founder Gabe Newell was discussing it at the Game Developers Conference earlier this year, he publicly revealed his personal Steam password.
Let us know your thoughts in the forums.
This article has been updated to remove an incorrect report that Steam Guard required Intel CPUs to function.
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