ASF should not be used as general purpose authenticator, and I even made it more clear by removing an option to link new authenticators with ASF - only importing existing ones is allowed.
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but you can make it as a idle account and use the asf additionally.
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You could, but you could as well use WinAuth from the start, and it's much better option than ASF. ASF 2FA was created for different reasons, and OP seeks for general-purpose authenticator - ASF doesn't fit.
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To get it authenticated the first time, it's impossible w/o an Android or iPhone.
Bullshit.
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But he didn't ask about ASF, and I don't recommend ASF as general-purpose-authenticator either.
YOU CANNOT RECEIVE SMS messages w/ it!
You don't need Android neither iPhone to receive SMSes.
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You don't need Android neither iPhone to receive SMSes.
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Is this phone running Android or iOS? Because I'm pretty sure I can receive SMSes with it.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
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You can even recieve sms messages without a phone
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/top-10-sites-receive-sms-online-without-phone/
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Of course you can, through this and many other ways, but apparently some people don't only lack knowledge about such ways, they even force you to believe that they know better.
(Although I don't recommend using ANY public number for steam authenticator activation - due to VAC reasons)
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(Although I don't recommend using ANY public number for steam authenticator activation - due to VAC reasons)
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If you use a public voip number and someone else whos using it gets vac banned your account will be vac banned as well.
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Don't post anymore about that. You're embarrassing.
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So, the SMSs I received on my old Nokia 100, the SMSs my parents send me from an ancient Alcatel or one of my bosses from his Blackberry, the SMSs which I receive on my Windows Phone Lumia are some kind of illusionary magic? Because that illusion sure as hell let me enable two Steam authenticators on my phone. Pretty darn strong magic, that is.
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It might not apply in this situation as it may not accept a non-mobile number but even landlines can recieve text messages.
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Somebody somewhere on SG I think wrote that he activated the authenticator on a landline. Steam doesn't check if the region number is for a landline or a mobile provider.
But having only a landline phone for SMS is quite rare these days. Even many of the undeveloped countries rely on mobile phones now, if they own some form of telecommunication device.
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I'm aware it's not a common situation just wanted to add another option to the list that wasn't iOS/Android.
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you need to receive one sms.
then use a 3rd party tool like desktop auth, asf or winauth (i only tried the desktop app).
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Does it only send one SMS? it doesn't do it with every trade & market transaction?
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Yes, only one SMS is necessary.
Further SMS is required when you lose auth phone / credentials etc, but for normal operation you don't even need a phone anymore.
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market and trade confirmation are done through the app. you need 1 sms to activate it, nothing else.
write down the recovery codes, it's the only way to remove the auth if something goes wrong.
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Ty, was bothering the hell out of me having to login with steam auth for every little thing and every day!
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You do, but it is a simple code-generating authenticator. You get one SMS, but you will have to provide the authentication code every single time you log on to Steam, you log on to the Community, and every time you buy something from the store or top up your Wallet. You also need to manually confirm every inventory trade where you send any kind of item, plus all market transactions, buy or sell. (Although the mobile app and the emulated programs can do bulk confirmations now.)
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O, then i misunderstood the purpose of the app, man i wish they had something like google in the ball park of remember this device for 30 days.
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Why seems everyone to prefer WinAuth? For me SDA is more comfortable to use.
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Better codebase, less prone to errors, much better compatibility and support. SDA is a project that was made in a few days for particular purpose, WinAuth existed for a long time, and Steam authenticator support was also added carefully and very well.
It's also one of the reasons why I dropped SteamAuth library in ASF that was responsible for most of ASF 2FA (made by SDA guys), and instead wrote my own ASF 2FA module from scratch, heavily based on WinAuth code. Code-wise WinAuth wins in every case, but of course purpose of both of those programs is the same and it's up to you which one you want to use.
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Personally I find Bluestacks an invasive piece of crap. WinAuth is a much better option if the only goal is to replace Steam Authenticator.
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It's also bloated as hell and slow for a simple OS emulator.
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I wouldn't call OS emulators "simple" ^^ but the rest is true
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Well, compared to trying to write a Cell chip emulator, I guess emulating SW only is simpler. ^.^
(Saying this as being the technical writer of a project that is battling every day of writing an OS emulator that can run anything the old war horse could…)
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And (last time I checked) it installs a component which runs as a service and is not uninstalled with the main application. Rude.
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well there is android emulator (blustack) which i find personaly to be not that good and possibly malicious but like some people suggested better to go with WinAuth for sure
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How to get around steam mobile authenticator without a phone? is it possible?
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