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[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Im… not sure? Maybe to trade the cards you get? I have steam and no mobile app, soooooo

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

yup they need the mobile app specifically because there was trade frauds happened before, with cs items that costs hundreds. They can't just go with using a normal TOTP because the mobile app is also a 2 factor approval for every single trades you are attempting to make.

I think you can go without mobile app and use only e-mails, but it will cause the items to be held for days which people who trade frequently will not want to trade with you as their inventory moves fast.

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the info! Thats not a feature of steam ive interacted with, but it makes sense. Though would be mice if they implemented other 2fa options