Valve: “We need a credit card on file to prove you’re 18”
Me: “My account is 23 years old”
Valve: “That just proves your account is old”
Me: “A credit card just proves you know someone with a credit card”
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Valve: “We need a credit card on file to prove you’re 18”
Me: “My account is 23 years old”
Valve: “That just proves your account is old”
Me: “A credit card just proves you know someone with a credit card”
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Security Writer
in reply to Security Writer • • •Ok this is interesting.
The desktop app has no such restrictions, only mobile.
Mike Siegel
in reply to Security Writer • • •Viss
in reply to Security Writer • • •Dragon
in reply to Security Writer • • •Chris Oliver
in reply to Security Writer • • •Martin Seeger
in reply to Security Writer • • •For some time Valve made me jump through hoops because I had a „strange email address“.
The support told me to use something like gmail. My email address is older than Valve and Google..
Martin
in reply to Martin Seeger • • •I have a strange email, too. Only two persons have an account on that server. Luckily that was never an issue for Valve. Only Tonline required me to send an email and ask for an manual unblock of my servers IP to be able to send mails to them.
@SecurityWriter@infosec.exchange
Olivier Mehani
in reply to Martin • • •Martin
in reply to Olivier Mehani • • •No, the support mail is not blocked.
@masek@infosec.exchange @SecurityWriter@infosec.exchange
luca
in reply to Security Writer • • •BTW even my Steam account dates back to portal creation, λ2
draeath
in reply to luca • • •luca
in reply to draeath • • •HL brought a real, movie like, story, in 3D gaming. That was amazing, and it still is, if you look beyond the now pixelated screens.
The only other game that brought me adrenaline, even when standing still, is HL:Alyx, played in VR. That leaves speechless.
RejZoR
in reply to Security Writer • • •chebra
in reply to Security Writer • • •That account is 23 years old, what if it was just passed on to you from someone else?
So what if I go through the age verification and then pass my account on to someone else?
Noel Kelly
in reply to Security Writer • • •What happens if you don't cough up?
You lose access to certain games, or the whole account?
[My credit cards where created in the 90s]
Plan-A
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George B
in reply to Security Writer • • •Nick
in reply to Security Writer • • •Apple solved this problem by accepting your logic:
Human Brain Enthusiast
in reply to Security Writer • • •23 years is impressive, I'm holding at the 21 years mark.
Which they give you fucking BADGE for that's the FIRST THING on your profile.
woe2you
in reply to Human Brain Enthusiast • • •Human Brain Enthusiast
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in reply to Human Brain Enthusiast • • •AA
in reply to Security Writer • • •SueDiOh
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masukomi
in reply to Security Writer • • •Manc AvGeek
in reply to Security Writer • • •(Thanks, HumbleBundle!)
Okay, it's my account, but she plays games on it more than I do!
The Penguin of Evil
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Unknown parent • • •@yetzt I mean, I am an old fart. That’s a given.
BUT what’s the alternative?
All the teenage gamers in my family are avid desktop users.
Like I have a Steam Deck and a laptop, but I wouldn’t really want to use either for playing something on TV from my sofa or bed.
Princess Ayla
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