Steam has introduced a couple of new security measures on trading. Unless you have the two-factor authentication app activated on a second device, and have had it for seven days, you’ll have to wait three days for any goods you’ve traded away to be delivered. If you’re trading with a friend of one year or more, you’ll only have to wait one day.
Why? Well, Valve’s theory is that this measure will slow down hackers trading away items from compromised accounts. In order to make money from illicitly obtained accounts, hackers need to get the goods out before the legitimate owner can report the hack and have the account frozen, you see.
Valve could just insist on two-factor authentication, but there are plenty of users who just can’t use the app for whatever reason. These users will have to swallow some inconvenience, but with any luck, the value prospect of hacking an individual Steam account will go way, way down as a result of these holds. For the full article click here
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