What stupid idea is this? And if I don't bind my phone number to my account? 🙄

^^ seems like a lot of hassle to go through to ban a friend's steam account.

These days we get anal probed just to play a game. People don't seem to mind though so I guess all is well. :3eyes:

You mean like 5 minutes to ban competitor in competition just by having laptop and binoculars/good camera and him having cellphone screen visible?

They usually care about their inventories and without a phone number linked, there are trade delays. Should help a bit.

Then you will not be able to play with those who do.

So, now, I actually can ban someone by having very short term access to their cell phone? All I need is to prepare new account, Ask person for phone for few minutes and link that new account to their phone. Game over buddy. In many cases, just having view on display is enough as sms comes and is often displayed on screen. People should protect their cellphone number more and more. I do not even have it on FB, to be visible for friends.

So basically phone numbers that have already been linked to steam accounts that have been banned for cheating or nefarious acts on steam, will also be banned from being used to make new account or used on other accounts. I am fine with this, you cheat you pay the price....although i assume the cheaters will just go out and buy a new disposable cheap mobile and continue to cheat online, but at least it makes it more inconvenient than simply making a new account to start cheating again.

Well that's not written there, or I missed it, but that would be a valid point. Only that to have a little bit of freedom (until that cheater has a new prepaid card) is paid by forever giving steam a way to ban ME? Still a lacking trade... cheaters lose nothing, you lose your privacy. Don't see that being a good trade.

^^^ This. Last night my older son who plays GC:GO a lot with his clanmates had explained to me about new Valve's anti-cheat plolicy, he told me exactly the same as XP-200. Now if someone is really desperate to use cheats in CS:CO besides buying new CS:GO key and opening new Steam account he also needs to by a new mobile SIM card. Although this is not a perfect solution to get rid of cheaters every effort to make them harder to use cheats is welcome. Amount of cheaters in CS:GO these days is just unbelievable. Although I don't play CG:GO (and never will) both of my sons are playing it, older son is telling me that he and his clanmates stumble at least on two to three, sometimes even more cheaters per hour.