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Cyberpunk irl
| Marketing teams leaked my personal info, now I have to worry that I'm gonna get doxxed because I liked a page or some shit
| I watched the footage from a cop's vestcam leading up to a man being fatally shot from the comfort of my couch we're I got to pass moral judgement over the situation, knowing full well that my opinion didn't mean shit in the scheme of things.
| This:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/9315ju/steam_direct_shovelware_developers_creating_fake/?st=jk8x0u85&sh=fb3306e9
TLDR: Asshole "video game developers/publishers" are exploiting the steam trading system to sell items that have the same look and same description as actual items in the game TF2.
They take images directly from the item they're trying to scam you into buying, and change the descriptions to perfectly match what they look like.
| If you purchase one of these fradulent items, it won't work on TF2; you'll be out some muns or items and the seller will get off with not even a slap on the wrist.
When this exploit was first discovered, you could check the items and see what game they originate from, per the images in the report.
However, scammers have since learned how to change this; there is now >no way to tell the difference between a fake item and a real one on Steam.
| >So don't buy/trade anything with an anonymous user.
| In the event that you do get scammed, you can still report them for fraud, though.
| >Valve has release a temporary fix for this issue. If you receive an offer containing items from a game you either never played, or is brand new in the Steam store, you'll see a warning about each (2 separate, consecutive warnings) in the trade window. There may be additional fixes coming out within the next few days, but Valve's javascript update for the warnings can be seen here: https://github.com/SteamDatabase/SteamTracking/commit/2dfffae700cd9732691de4ebcc430c15b806a6cb
>Additionally, u/Drunken_F00l from Valve has stated that, among other things, Valve will now require approval for app name changes to in-game items. Finally, u/Drunken_F00l commented that victims who were scammed by this method before the warning went live will receive their items back. More updates to this situation are pending.
Ah, Volvo has finally responded.
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| What's the most cyberpunk thing you've seen today? (V3 I guess?)
I drove under a bridge filled with homeless people who have smartphones