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Mataskarts t1_j1nq8zt wrote

Reply to comment by HYPERBOLE_TRAIN in LPT: Got a Steam gift card for Christmas? Hold on to it after you put the code in. If your account gets hacked, you can use the old code to recover your account. by Worst_Support

This is one of the rare cases where it's a valid one.

Use 2FA ffs, not doing so is plain stupid.

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Necrowanker t1_j1nzj95 wrote

You're right but people should still be aware that their accounts can still be breached through other methods, such as certain kinds of malware and phishing attacks. 2fa helps so much but it's not invincible

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Mataskarts t1_j1nzvga wrote

2fa sorta eliminates the pure malware risk unless somehow you get both your phone AND PC infected with the same one designed solely to get steam accounts.

But yeah phishing and social engineering are by far the most common ways of "hacking" or stealing steam accounts. If you can't bypass the systems - just ask the user nicely for all the info instead. Or threaten their family, that works too.

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