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Steam Families is here (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/steam@lemmy.ml
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[–] 46 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Not sure I agree, how else are they meant to prevent the ocean of "It wasn't me, it was my brother" excuses from hackers smurfing accounts?

I'd recommend (to everyone) that if you're unsure -or have even the slightest doubt about the person you're going to give access to your Steam account- to politely decline and play it safe.

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    They should know the account it is that's currently using it. They're not using your account when playing your games

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Unless I've misunderstood; that's exactly why I asked the question in my original comment. I'll explain my / the reasoning:

    I own a game on a Steam account (A) and want to hack (and evade bans) using another Steam account (B).

    I share my library/game from account (A) to account (B) then hack on account B and only account B gets banned... What's to then stop me from making Steam account C, D, E, F... etc? Absolutely nothing. Hence the double ban.

    I stress that if you do share a game / your Steam library with others you trust them explicitly.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Restrict the number of accounts that can join that family group. And/or remove the ability to share the library from the main account for repeated offenses.

    Or require multiple family members accounts to have to cheat before the owner account is banned.

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