Earlier today I got a steam message from someone (likely a bot) that I did NOT have on my friends list. They told me to click a link to go like their vid on youtube or some shit. Steam had an overlay over the message though that warned me that this person wasn't on my friends list, and it even had a button that said block communication, which I hit immediately. Has anyone else gotten this? Why the hell is this even possible, clearly steam knows its a thing because they have measures against it but I can't find any settings to disable it. Be careful cus idk if it can be manipulated to like impersonate friends or something..
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Earlier today I got a steam message from someone (likely a bot) that I did NOT have on my friends list. They told me to click a link to go like their vid on youtube or some shit. Steam had an overlay over the message though that warned me that this person wasn't on my friends list, and it even had a button that said block communication, which I hit immediately. Has anyone else gotten this? Why the hell is this even possible, clearly steam knows its a thing because they have measures against it but I can't find any settings to disable it. Be careful cus idk if it can be manipulated to like impersonate friends or something..
i think its newish thing where people can start messaging you as long as they have added you to friends even if you havent accepted yet, but yeah i can see how that can lead to annoying shit like scams
i think its newish thing where people can start messaging you as long as they have added you to friends even if you havent accepted yet, but yeah i can see how that can lead to annoying shit like scams
Ya but what if it's just a person that wants to be your friend and wanted to show you a cool video?
Ya but what if it's just a person that wants to be your friend and wanted to show you a cool video?
I was able to send and receive messages from people that I had briefly added and at some point later deleted the other party, but since the chat window was there, the communication was possible, until it was closed. Not sure how someone would chat-message you out of the blue.
I was able to send and receive messages from people that I had briefly added and at some point later deleted the other party, but since the chat window was there, the communication was possible, until it was closed. Not sure how someone would chat-message you out of the blue.
I've been talking with some hot gamer girls thanks to this feature
I've been talking with some hot gamer girls thanks to this feature
tbh click allow, check message, then block is quicker than click notification, gauge from profile (which isnt always easy since quite a few are hijacked), then block
i'd rather they message me than add me
tbh click allow, check message, then block is quicker than click notification, gauge from profile (which isnt always easy since quite a few are hijacked), then block
i'd rather they message me than add me
i'd rather they message me than add me
It's an old exploit that Geel uses on his scrap.tf bots to send you messages, I'm guessing the chat redesign also introduced a new way of doing it, though.
It's an old exploit that Geel uses on his scrap.tf bots to send you messages, I'm guessing the chat redesign also introduced a new way of doing it, though.
To add to this dont click on any youtube link from steam currently. There is an exploit that is letting people hide malware/keloggers in those links.
To add to this dont click on any youtube link from steam currently. There is an exploit that is letting people hide malware/keloggers in those links.
ReeroEarlier today I got a steam message from someone (likely a bot) that I did NOT have on my friends list. They told me to click a link to go like their vid on youtube or some shit. Steam had an overlay over the message though that warned me that this person wasn't on my friends list, and it even had a button that said block communication, which I hit immediately. Has anyone else gotten this? Why the hell is this even possible, clearly steam knows its a thing because they have measures against it but I can't find any settings to disable it. Be careful cus idk if it can be manipulated to like impersonate friends or something..
This shit is really new thing. Now like almost every day I'm getting this kind of messages as well, I just instantly block it, thinking it's a scam bots. I knew long time ago, that You were able to write to someone who's not in the friendlist if you had common groups, so via group list you could pm'ed someone, but didn't tried it for a long time, dunno if it's still on.
DuMmTmi think its newish thing where people can start messaging you as long as they have added you to friends even if you havent accepted yet, but yeah i can see how that can lead to annoying shit like scams
I dunno, I got some random invites from people who seem a bit botish, but, the ones who actually send these messages, are not even the ones who sent invites, so I really doubt, that they need to ''invite you''. I think they can randomly send messages without even inviting/accepting. I did profile private, I think it's only one way to not get the messages? At least from the moment I made profile private, I don't get the messages.
[quote=Reero]Earlier today I got a steam message from someone (likely a bot) that I did NOT have on my friends list. They told me to click a link to go like their vid on youtube or some shit. Steam had an overlay over the message though that warned me that this person wasn't on my friends list, and it even had a button that said block communication, which I hit immediately. Has anyone else gotten this? Why the hell is this even possible, clearly steam knows its a thing because they have measures against it but I can't find any settings to disable it. Be careful cus idk if it can be manipulated to like impersonate friends or something..[/quote]
This shit is really new thing. Now like almost every day I'm getting this kind of messages as well, I just instantly block it, thinking it's a scam bots. I knew long time ago, that You were able to write to someone who's not in the friendlist if you had common groups, so via group list you could pm'ed someone, but didn't tried it for a long time, dunno if it's still on.
[quote=DuMmTm]i think its newish thing where people can start messaging you as long as they have added you to friends even if you havent accepted yet, but yeah i can see how that can lead to annoying shit like scams[/quote]
I dunno, I got some random invites from people who seem a bit botish, but, the ones who actually send these messages, are not even the ones who sent invites, so I really doubt, that they need to ''invite you''. I think they can randomly send messages without even inviting/accepting. I did profile private, I think it's only one way to not get the messages? At least from the moment I made profile private, I don't get the messages.
This shit is really new thing. Now like almost every day I'm getting this kind of messages as well, I just instantly block it, thinking it's a scam bots. I knew long time ago, that You were able to write to someone who's not in the friendlist if you had common groups, so via group list you could pm'ed someone, but didn't tried it for a long time, dunno if it's still on.
[quote=DuMmTm]i think its newish thing where people can start messaging you as long as they have added you to friends even if you havent accepted yet, but yeah i can see how that can lead to annoying shit like scams[/quote]
I dunno, I got some random invites from people who seem a bit botish, but, the ones who actually send these messages, are not even the ones who sent invites, so I really doubt, that they need to ''invite you''. I think they can randomly send messages without even inviting/accepting. I did profile private, I think it's only one way to not get the messages? At least from the moment I made profile private, I don't get the messages.
Yes i get at least 3 a day for my knife. Its fucking annoying i just block right away. Its normally just scammers, or sometimes people will want to invite me to a lobby for mm in cs.
Yes i get at least 3 a day for my knife. Its fucking annoying i just block right away. Its normally just scammers, or sometimes people will want to invite me to a lobby for mm in cs.
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