https://playingtux.com/en/tags/news/ Recent content in News on PlayingTux Hugo -- gohugo.io en-US Sat, 26 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://playingtux.com/en/articles/2015/12/news-cache-problems-steam-do-not-use-steam-currently-update-problems-fixed/ Fri, 25 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://playingtux.com/en/articles/2015/12/news-cache-problems-steam-do-not-use-steam-currently-update-problems-fixed/ <img src="https://playingtux.com/images/field/image/steamdblogo.png" alt="Featured image of post News: Cache-Problems at Steam - do not use Steam currently! UPDATE: Problems fixed." /><p><a class="link" href="https://steamstat.us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" >SteamDB</a> currently reports <strong>heavy caching-Problems</strong> at Steam. This leads to some information disclosure, like <strong>users seeing profiles of other users (incl. all games and personal data)</strong>. There is currently only one solution: <strong>DO NOT USE STEAM</strong>, and <strong>don&rsquo;t try to change personal data (adress, paying informations aso)</strong>! <strong>UPDATE:</strong> according to <strong>SteamDB</strong> the problems have been fixed. Here is a <a class="link" href="https://steamdb.info/blog/recent-caching-issues-on-steam/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" >article from SteamDB</a> about the latest findings. <strong>More links und information:</strong> <a class="link" href="https://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/680490823226671104" target="_blank" rel="noopener" >Valve is having caching issues allowing users to view things such as account information of other users. Don&rsquo;t use Store for now.</a> <a class="link" href="https://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/680491156443131905" target="_blank" rel="noopener" >The best way to protect yourself is to completely avoid Steam websites for now.</a> <a class="link" href="https://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/680491891708817408" target="_blank" rel="noopener" >Don&rsquo;t do anything. Do not visit any Steam Store url. This include using store in the Steam client.</a> <a class="link" href="https://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/680492664610000896" target="_blank" rel="noopener" >By the way, this is not a security breach. This is page caching gone rogue. Most likely not respecting Cache-Control headers.</a> <a class="link" href="https://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/680497713885102082" target="_blank" rel="noopener" >Do NOT attempt to unlink PayPal, remove your credit card details or anything else. Doing so will put you at risk instead.</a></p>