As of Oct 22 trades be will confirmed through the Steam app.

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  1. Enstage

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    C&P from my thread on SteamRep about this:

    Just made a trade after Steams downtime today, and I noticed a message similar to:
    "After October 22nd accounts with Steam Mobile Authenticator will have to complete this step through the mobile app."

    This should hopefully eliminate the majority of "forward your confirmation email" scams. I'm also assuming this will be October 21st in most timezones because I'm in Australia btw. If I find more information on this and post here.

    Thoughts?
     
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  2. Lord Ptolemy

    Lord Ptolemy Epic Member

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    Thankfully I don't use mobile authentication... I'd go crazy if I had to find my phone just to login or accept a trade.
     
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  3. Enstage

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    Aren't you kinda worried that Steam Support is not going to help you if something happens now though?
     
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  4. Lord Ptolemy

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    Well, unlike half of the Steam user base. I'm not a complete idiot when it comes to keeping my account safe. Also your post said nothing about support not helping people who don't use the mobile authenticator. It just stated that people who do use it will now have to confirm their trades via the app now.
     
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  5. Enstage

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    Yeah, to be fair though, Mattie! had his account hijacked a while ago; goes to show anyone can be hijacked. Also, sorry, I think I'm getting a bit confused with the Steam Support thing, mistaking it for completely disabling email authentication. I don't believe not using Mobile Authentication will prevent Steam Support from helping you.

    I think I'm going to keep it enabled either way, I usually have my phone with me anyway so it shouldn't be much of a problem.
     
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  6. Lecatzz

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    You mean that you can now trade on your phone?

    Well, you already could... On the steam mobile website.

    But if you mean live trades, then he'll yea
     
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  7. Lord Ptolemy

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    It just means that if you use the app that you won't get email notifications asking you to accept a trade you just did. Instead the notification will be on your phone where you'll accept it.
     
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    wotm8
     
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  9. Lord Ptolemy

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  10. Enstage

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    That also goes for selling items on the community market I assume.
     
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  11. Lord Ptolemy

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    I would assume that as well.
     
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    I would like there to be a community market on steam mobile
     
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  13. Enstage

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    Theres a lot of things I would like on Steam Mobile.
     
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    I use the authenticator.

    I don't care about the verification though.
     
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    I always use steam confirmation.

    That thing can save your entire steam account.
     
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  16. Enstage

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    Exactly ^
     
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    I've got one of those Pebble Time smartwatchs, I really hope I can make an app that displays auth codes.
     
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    the only thing I like about pebbles is the fact that you can play games in your History class when bored
     
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  19. Lord Ptolemy

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    200! for a watch? I'll stick with my $40 watch.
     
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  20. Enstage

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    Well that's in USD, so after shipping and currency conversion is was like more than $300 AUD.
     
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