try putting something up for sale in your browser, I can't do it from my steam client either but browser is fine.
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Most users configure the browser to delete cookies upon closing it. I'm one of them and i like to leave that way. this is only to prevent people who don't check the thing that they are clicking or entering in the phishing sites (and it's easy to see one). For me it's a bad update.
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LOOOL used CCleaner ..now i cant sell anything on market but i can trade :| JUST WTF ?!!!
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Sucks for me since I have modified my CCleaner to run /auto /shutdown . Good job Valve, I'll be blocked forever... Really nice!
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It shouldn't be necessary. Steam shouldn't even have considered basing their security on a premise this flawed.
It's a measure taken only to protect a minority of utter imbeciles from themselves, and designing a system to pander to the lowest common denominator is a quick route to somewhere nobody in their right mind wants to go.
Employing Steamguard and using different passwords for Steam and your email is enough. Anyone who can't manage these two simple steps is asking for trouble.
If Valve are hell bent on going down this route, at least make this new change that is unnecessarily ruining so many users' Steam experience an optional one.
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It is not only Steam that base their security on cookies. Google, Facebook and plenty of others do it. However, they send vertification codes to your mobile phone, or ask you to generate one using the mobile phone app you're signed in to.
They do allow you to disable this function, or if I recall correctly it's not even enabled to begin with. I agree that Steam should allow that too, but this way, making sure it's turned on for everyone, makes it nearly impossible to lose your account. Even if someone gets into your Steam account, they need to know the email you've registered with Steam and the email's password. If you use the same kind of protection on your email, and it messages your phone a vertification code when a new device is trying to connect, the person pretty much physically needs to steal your phone to get your account...
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It also makes it practically impossible to use Steam without compromising the way I use my computer and internet browser.
If this is to stand, it HAS to have an option to opt out. Looking at some of the lengthy threads on the Steam Community forum, there are a huge number of users affected and infuriated by this. If they allow this to carry on as is, it will be a victory for protection of a minute, moronic minority over usability for a sizeable number of regular, capable users.
I'd suggest this really isn't a smart basis on which to tailor your product...
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The main source of malware is suspicious downloads from shady websites. Cookies are just a text file that the website you're visiting uses to store some info it can later read back when you visit again. Like your user name on Steamgifts, allowing you to visit back without having to login again each and every time.
The worst thing that cookies can do is allow ad companies to compile some stats about the sites you visit to better target ads that might interest you.
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I LOLed so hard at your reply. Clearly you have no idea what cookies are.
You might want to educate yourself a little bit on the matter.
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Considering most of it's userbase don't use trading/market, it's probably a lot less than that. But yes, this issue will be affecting a lot of people. (Fortunately, I've been lucky enough that my PC didn't get forgotten in the update so I can continue trading without any issue until my next re-install. At that point, I too will be screwed unless Valve has found another way to fix this.)
However, my answer was directed at Drumoff who was spreading misinformation about what cookies are. Maybe off the point toward the OP, but right on point toward his answer.
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I'm just pointing the fact that you're spreading misinformation, adding some background material for you to read upon and see how mistaken you were.
If you didn't know what cookies were, it's ok. Not everyone do. But if you think about getting rude or insulting when proven wrong, that's just sad.
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A popup just asked me to update Steam again and my ban was revoked. Just me?!
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Oh well, it was a short success. I can't use the market from my client now. So the situation is now:
log in with correct steam guard code at a "new" device
get "new device" message
be banned from market on every device for 15 days
???
enjoy never ending ban
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Anyone else getting this? I've had Steam Guard activated since forever and haven't changed my payment method either. Today I can't sell nor buy items in the market. Although it seems I can buy from the store and I don't seem to have a trade ban.
The error in question:
You are not allowed to purchase this listing. The Community Market might be temporarily disabled or your account might be restricted from using the Community Market.
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Same, alas :(
Although I delete cookies regularly, I didn't get rid of any in between listing my most recent item for sale and experiencing the trade ban that half of the Steam user base appears to have fallen afoul of.
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My PC trades fine, but wtf is this about not being able to clear cookies? I cant clear cookies from my browser or I wont be able to trade for 15 days. That is one of Steam's worst ideas ever.
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Applying the update also states.
"Fixed crash on downloading games and updates"(Not word by word)
Don't see much of a difference other than Steam crashes and doesn't start up.
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I'm not banned from trading either, but I was unable to buy anything on the Community Market. This was still working when using Firefox.
When using mouse-over on the Buy button, it claimed something about cookie settings. My Firefox settings are pristine, so that'd explain why it would work there and not inside Steam. Steam's built-in browser is IE, so after changing the cookie settings there from fairly strict to 'allow all', I'm once again able to buy stuff on the Market from within the Steam client.
Dumb update, but.. it just might be worth it after two weeks. Security etc.
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Actually, you need to install the Firefox Flash plugin to see the game's videos in the Steam client, so they're definitely not using IE as the internal browser.
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As if IE has Flash installed out of the box.
I can't find an official statement saying so, but I'm 95% sure they're using IE.
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Well, turns out we were both wrong. (Well, you were half-right) LOL!
Steam client used to have the Trident engine (IE) but have since switched to Webkit (Safari, Chrome, etc.)
But I was right in remembering that it needed a different flash player than IE...
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The old Steam used IE, but when Valve changed the UI they moved to Webkit.
Here's the update notes. Scroll to the bottom to see the relevant change note, it reads:
"Now using a WebKit based rendering engine for the client and in-game overlay web browsing components (replacing Internet Explorer)".
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UPDATE!!!
DerrickG™ 24 minutes ago
We are going to make some alterations to the current restriction to make it less sensitive for users. Once the changes are made we will be sure to let you know ahead of time before they go live.
For now, the restriction has been turned off. You are now free to trade and/or use the market if you were hitting this.
Like the title says, once you apply the latest update, you're done for!
The new feature blocks trading from your account for 15 days. Each time you log in from a different device, the same thing happens.
Each time you reinstall Steam or delete the Steam cookies, the same thing happens.
Click here to read about this new "feature"
What do you think of this massive pile of doo doo?
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