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I remember that. In the early 2000s you could download any game from Steam's servers, even ones you don't own. Counter Strike Source originally had a format string vulnerability in player name. Setting your name to %s will crash the game. Where do we get a full list? The idea of running games on the same machine you bank on (via insecure websites with 90s security) is ludicrous.



haha. ive seen name formatting issues in tons of games as well. paired with the fact that this was before 2 factor was available and people had million dollar skin inventories probably made their support team (or lack there of's) week terrible. im pretty sure you can still download any game from steams servers but now they come encrypted unless you actually own them (i could be completely wrong on this)




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