What happens to accounts that get hijacked and have their entire inventory deleted?

Originally posted by datCookie:

What happens to accounts that get hijacked and have their entire inventory deleted?

If you think about it its a stupid argument, and annoying that valve thinks the same. The same exact thing could happen today. All they have to do is install the game THEN delete the items within the game. But I am not talking about those im talking about stupid steam promotional items and dead game items that are genuinely worthless.

Originally posted by identity fatigue:

Originally posted by datCookie:

What happens to accounts that get hijacked and have their entire inventory deleted?

If you think about it its a stupid argument, and annoying that valve thinks the same. The same exact thing could happen today. All they have to do is install the game THEN delete the items within the game. But I am not talking about those im talking about stupid steam promotional items and dead game items that are genuinely worthless.

You do know that inventory items include more than just in-game cosmetics, right? It includes all the cards you earn to make badges, in-game items, tradeable and non-tradeable items, etc etc.

Steam do not want to give hijackers the opportunity to wipe entire accounts of their inventories.

Originally posted by datCookie:

You do know that inventory items include more than just in-game cosmetics, right? It includes all the cards you earn to make badges, in-game items, tradeable and non-tradeable items, etc etc.

Steam do not want to give hijackers the opportunity to wipe entire accounts of their inventories.

Okay in case someone at valve is reading this, before the thread becomes pointlessly obtuse I have a solution. Make every deletion of an item require 2FA codes just like selling them does.

Originally posted by datCookie:

What happens to accounts that get hijacked and have their entire inventory deleted?

Valve already has an answer to this question: The same thing that happens to accounts that get hijacked and have their entire wallet and items of monetary value stolen.

Why do you ask questions that Valve already has answers for?

Originally posted by William Shakesman:

Originally posted by datCookie:

What happens to accounts that get hijacked and have their entire inventory deleted?

Valve already has an answer to this question: The same thing that happens to accounts that get hijacked and have their entire wallet and items of monetary value stolen.

Why do you ask questions that Valve already has answers for?

Because the question was rhetorical...

Originally posted by datCookie:

What happens to accounts that get hijacked and have their entire inventory deleted?

Easy, require Steam Guard authorization for deletion. I’m 100% in favor of this feature and always will be whenever it comes up here-and it comes up here a LOT.

Accounts that get hijacked even WITH Steam Guard can already have their account destroyed in far worse ways-I don’t see the harm in letting users at the very least “remove” items in their inventory as they can remove games from their inventory.

Originally posted by identity fatigue:

Originally posted by datCookie:

What happens to accounts that get hijacked and have their entire inventory deleted?

If you think about it its a stupid argument, and annoying that valve thinks the same. The same exact thing could happen today. All they have to do is install the game THEN delete the items within the game. But I am not talking about those im talking about stupid steam promotional items and dead game items that are genuinely worthless.

As a game developer, I'm fine with people wanting to clear their inventories for my game, but in the vast majority of games, that would not be okay. Game developers trust Valve to keep the data they record about the player's inventory. Allowing players to modify that at will would be a huge breach of trust.

Originally posted by Ben Lubar:

Originally posted by identity fatigue:

If you think about it its a stupid argument, and annoying that valve thinks the same. The same exact thing could happen today. All they have to do is install the game THEN delete the items within the game. But I am not talking about those im talking about stupid steam promotional items and dead game items that are genuinely worthless.

As a game developer, I'm fine with people wanting to clear their inventories for my game, but in the vast majority of games, that would not be okay. Game developers trust Valve to keep the data they record about the player's inventory. Allowing players to modify that at will would be a huge breach of trust.

Why? Why should I for instance be forced to have items from a game in my inventory that I’ve gone above and beyond to scrub completely from my account? Why do my rights as a consumer to manage my inventory matter less than a game devs’ right to add items into my inventory without my consent or my ability to remove them in any way?

Genuine question.

Originally posted by datCookie:

Originally posted by William Shakesman:

Valve already has an answer to this question: The same thing that happens to accounts that get hijacked and have their entire wallet and items of monetary value stolen.

Why do you ask questions that Valve already has answers for?

Because the question was rhetorical...

Well, look on the bright side, you got a perfect answer and got to be instructed on a Valve policy you previously were unaware of. It's a great learning opportunity.

This would be great considering the mountain of Payday 2 skins that just bloat the inventory...