Steam authenticator rant

I use an Android emulator,Blue Stacks,so i have fun clicking that mouse

Yep, unfortunately.

It does, but this should be stated somewhere on its site.

It's not subject to discuss no matter how will you interpretate it

It is, because subscription marketplace process does not include 2FA security protection implemented by Valve. Read ASF FAQ where I analyzed that case. One user already asked steam support about legality of ASF, and got typical neutral response.

An example of a Subscription Marketplace is the Steam Community Market

ASF does not communicate with steam market available under link http://steamcommunity.com/market/ at all, so your point is simply invalid, no matter how "legit" you think your opinion is. I can even encourage you to "report" ASF under breaking steam ToS reason if you think that you know better - if I can't convince you, then steam support will. And until you get response from them, I'd ask you to not spread false information, thank you.

Yes, giveaway too. You can't post the products you got there on 3rd party sites like SG. All bundle sites have this rule since it is mandatory for them to even get keys from publishers.

This is you...

You may not use Cheats, automation software (bots), mods, hacks, or any other unauthorized third-party software, to modify or automate any Subscription Marketplace process.

It's not subject to discuss no matter how will you interpretate it. It is against TOS no doubts about it. Not that it's not helpful though, coz ofc it is as many other soft that automate this process :)

i Did read it and i thought since we where on the subject about TOS i thought i would share a TOS of my own that a lot people on here break...and be a bit sarcastic at the same time about being the internet police..

But since you want to reply with what i said with this...

You did not bothered reading it so it seems. Selling them kinda does. Not giveaway....

Then i guess i will have to be more serious and point you to this....also i will expect you to face palm yourself.

https://support.humblebundle.com/hc/en-us/articles/204527298-Top-20-FAQ

Can I sell or give away my keys?

Humble Bundle products are for personal use only. We do not allow selling or redistributing keys from your purchases. You can gift individual keys to friends using our gifting system, which you can read more about here.

You can also gift your friends whole bundles or Store items on our website by clicking the gift option at the end of your purchase.

You are welcome for that lesson first one is free,the next one i might have to charge.

$500 according the steam market faq

True we are even the last hold on for chips in Credit Cards..

Though really any amount of security is just to keep the average joe criminal out..

Sadly pretty much any decent hacker prolly could access just about any bank...and so on...because you would be surprised how many servers are months if not years out of date and so on,and the way we can use computers work together to use as an attack.

As one security expert said...we are at a time when we can do little to protect our data as no matter how tall we make the fire wall,they will just make a bigger ladder.

Mine in spain, only acepts numeric pasword....

Actually the fine of not being able to get back your stolen items should be enough. Not sure if we can count trade/market hold as the fine, it is also part of that extra protection.
Password protection + 2 step verification should be more than enough at most cases. They are just forcing that stupid overprotection system upon everybody and there is no way to opt out without completely crippling your market access.
Btw, considering the number of steam users and how many people don't even use anything other than basic gaming features 3% might be too high, I just made up that number thinking about total user numbers vs active users/traders like the ones using trading sites/forums/sg etc..
I don't understand what exactly steam is trying to do. At some events they try to encourage everyone to use trading, adding trading tasks to community badges etc and here they make trading harder adding unnecessary extra security.

PS: I see you posted the same thing twice replied the first one :D

The reason they need your SS # is for the IRS nothing more nothing less.

It is not to prevent multi accounts,as if that was the case you would need it whenever you made a new one,or at the least they would want it even just for one market transaction.

Also only applies in the U.S. for collecting SS # and such for market use.

As it is only needed when you sell 200 items or 20,000 in sales...,so as long as you made alt accounts and sold under 200 items a year that did not hit 20,000 in sales they will not collect a thing.

Currently there is no limit on the number of transactions you can participate in. However, the United States Internal Revenue Service, under Section 6050W of the Internal Revenue Code, requires us to collect certain information from you if you engage in more than 200 separate sales transactions in a calendar year. In particular, if you are a U.S. citizen or resident, you will need to provide us with your name, address and Social Security Number, and if you are not a U.S. citizen or resident, you will need to provide evidence of your non-U.S. status on an online form we provide to you. We will be providing a link to these forms and a process by which you can provide the needed information if and as you approach the 200 sales limit. We may use a third-party to collect this information. You can choose not to provide this information if you wish, but you will not be able to list any items for sale in the Community Market once you meet the 200 sales threshold, and any items listed will be removed. Note that, while we are required to collect this information from you, we are not required to share this information with the IRS under Section 6050W unless you exceed $20,000 in gross sales in the Community Market within a single calendar year. For purposes of calculating the number of sales you have made in a calendar year, all of your accounts will be treated as a single account.

As i said the one thing that boggles me is the 20,000 before they report it,is way above the minimum before you have to report income when you work for yourself or a job lol

Also making a bunch of alts and then buying 5 dollars from store to use market on each account then the trade hold unless you use the mobile thing and so on is way to much work to avoid all this.

Unless you stand to make 1,000's on the market what little if any tax you would have to pay on this is not worth the effort of alt accounts.

"For purposes of calculating the number of sales you have made in a calendar year, all of your accounts will be treated as a single account."

I am not sure how they would know how many accounts you had unless you told them but it made me chuckle but it is prolly mostly legal jargin.

Well profit is profit no matter what..

Think of it as owning art that is worth a lot,sure it is worthless until sold but it still has a value placed on it.Now say you trade the art for a more expensive item.now you just increased your net worth,and in turn increased your profit as the item you got is worth even more then then one you had so you made a profit off the trade.

I just want to be clear i am not saying they can tax this,i was just trying to to show there are many ways to profit...without paying paying a tax...they can not tax that until the item is sold,as you would pay sales tax on it.

But with Steam market,you are selling items,and i think that is the catch 22.Once something has been sold it can be taxed,not matter what currency of item is gotten in return.

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