Complain-about-the-digital-age thread

[JWiley_12]

A massive security issue has darkened Christmas for PC gamers, as mega digital games retailer Steam has compromised an unknown number of users’ accounts.

The issue is allowing users to view sensitive account information for random other users when attempting to view their own account. Users’ saved payment information may be vulnerable, as well as personal information like email addresses associated with the accounts.

It is unknown what exactly is causing the issue. Steam Database, a site that is not affiliated with Steam owner Valve Corporation but uses tools to “track updates for both applications and packages” on the Steam database, claims that the issue is a caching error and that users should not attempt to access any part of the Steam website or application nor remove payment information, as it may put your account at greater risk of being compromised.

Steam Database @SteamDB
To repeat, do NOT visit any Steam Store links. Doesn't matter what you want to do, do not visit any of them.
10:04 PM - 25 Dec 2015

Steam Database @SteamDB
Do NOT attempt to unlink PayPal, remove your credit card details or anything else. Doing so will put you at risk instead.
10:17 PM - 25 Dec 2015

A Steam community moderator has posted the following announcement to the Steam community forums claiming the current issue is not the result of a hack, but Valve appears to have pulled Steam servers offline at the time of this writing.

Breitbart Tech has reached out to Valve for more information and will update this story once we learn more. In the meantime, I will be monitoring my credit card purchase history and Steam-affiliated email account. Stay safe, Breitbart Tech readers.

**UPDATE** This story has been revised as credit card information saved to accounts is required to be censored and to include the response on the Steam community forums.

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2015/1...sers-accounts/

Other sources:
http://www.destructoid.com/psa-steam...n-329492.phtml
http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2015/12...isible/184230/

[banditwolf]

Summary
Friend got Vita and wants to play games together. He likes Soul Sacrifice. So I was looking at it and realized SS Delta is digital except for the physical Asian version.
Then I looked to make sure the digital & physical were still compatable...
You must download the online pass for the physical copies (same with SS). Well US was digital only so no pass. -_-
Thanks Sony

[banditwolf]

https://bgr.com/2015/12/30/super-nin...rs-saved-game/

A Twitter user by the name of Wanikun revealed he left the Nintendo Super Famicom (the Japanese name for Super Nintendo) turned on for more than 20 years just to preserve the save game data belonging to a Japanese game called Umihara Kawase. Yes, we hadn’t ever heard of it either.

The game came out in 1994, and those game cartridges came with static RAM and lithium ion batteries, IGN explains. This type of tech allowed users to hang on to their saved games for as long as there was battery juice left in the cartridge. But Wanikun’s battery started to fail, which meant he had to keep the console plugged in and turned on at all times to save the progress.

Apparently he only had to unplug the old Nintendo console once when he moved to a new house, but the battery stayed alive during the move.

The gamer says he kept the console alive for more than 20 yeas, which translates to more than 180,000 hours. I guess there’s no point turning it off now, considering the length of this unusual accomplishment. And yes, it’s likely that he’s not even interested in playing the game any longer.

(Not to mention, the game can be played on newer consoles, including the PlayStation Vita.)

[zborgerd]

https://bgr.com/2015/12/30/super-nin...rs-saved-game/

This just seems so fake. Even more bogus because the author has never heard of Sayonara Umihara Kawase, a game which got released in the west over the past year to a bit of relative acclaim.

[banditwolf]

It does. I mean what proof would that guy even have?

[mandy_moorehol]

It does. I mean what proof would that guy even have?

This story could be legitimate and the person could win a Guinness World Record for how long the Super Famicom has been turned on and I would still not care.

[Tubsiwub]

This story could be legitimate and the person could win a Guinness World Record for how long the Super Famicom has been turned on and I would still not care.

Aw, that's mean. He did it to impress everyone and you're being a Negative Nancy. If he comes to GaijinWorks forums and reads your post, I bet he'd feel right upset with you.

[xelement5x]

This just seems so fake. Even more bogus because the author has never heard of Sayonara Umihara Kawase, a game which got released in the west over the past year to a bit of relative acclaim.

I felt the same way, no power outages on their house over the last 20 years either? Suuure.

[Gypsy]

I felt the same way, no power outages on their house over the last 20 years either? Suuure.

Rolling brown outs if nothing else you'd think.

[mandy_moorehol]

I felt the same way, no power outages on their house over the last 20 years either? Suuure.

This article was clearly written by a professional, so everyone should take their word as law. I mean, who would want their journalistic integrity questioned? It would be quite risky and unwise to attempt such things without proper qualification and/or understanding of journalism ethics and standards. I'm quite certain the Super Famicom was actually powering this individual's residence. Long live William Randolph Hearst!