Valve co-founder and managing director Gabe Newell has publicly revealed his Steam username and password. It’s true! You can watch the video above to hear his account details.
No, he hasn’t lost his mind, if that’s what you’re thinking. The purpose of doing this is to prove that Valve’s new Steam Guard feature guarantees that your Steam account can’t be hijacked even if someone (or, in this case, everyone) knows both your username and password.
In the announcement earlier this week, Newell stated, “Account phishing and hijacking are our #1 support issues.” Steam Guard prevents unauthorized access by tying a Steam account to a specific computer. Any attempts to log in or change account settings from any other computer will send the owner a notification of the activity.
