Notably also in the US certain carriers work with Google Voice. I know I can use my phone number via sprint but they have a partnership with Google Voice.
I haven't tried it yet but that seems like it could also provide issue for some people. There needs to be a burner number protection. Valve is right to do this but it might need to be a bit more fleshed out. On Oct 13, 2015 8:58 PM, "Matthias "InstantMuffin" Kollek" < proph...@sticed.org> wrote: > German Telekom (the main ISP in Germany) recently switched all landlines > to voip. > > On 14.10.2015 03:55, Nicholas Hastings wrote: > > Q. So people need to have landlines to run servers now? > A. No. But there are currently restrictions on what constitutes a qualifying > phone number. VOIP / burner numbers are currently non-qualifying. > > I urge you to rethink this, at least for some cases. > > For me and I'm sure at least some others, the reverse is true. A "VOIP" > number (Google Voice) is my primary number and is thus tied to my Steam > account. Whatever cell number(s) that points to at any time is considered > transient - I can change providers without my primary number being affected. > > Now, after stage three has been completed, I'll personally not be able to > run a test server that I can join to test plugins or do other development > without resorting to borrowing a GSLT from someone else or not being able > to use my primary phone number for my Steam account's security. > > -- > Nicholas Hastings > AlliedMods.net <http://www.alliedmods.net> > > Ido Magal <i...@valvesoftware.com> > Tuesday, October 13, 2015 9:37 PM > Q. What is the purpose of this update? > A. We had intended to adopt Favorites migration from TF2 for some time > now. Game Server Providers' complaint about the impact that the current IP > banning method has on their operation has made this more urgent since with > this feature we'll also be able to shield GSPs from bad actors. > > Q. Is this [ new method ] just to generate the token, or if this occurs > will the tokens become invalid while that ban/lock is in place? > A. Any such or similar infraction by the GSLT owning Steam User will > result in the disabling of all of that user's GSLTs. > > Q. So does this mean I can't run a CS:GO server unless I own CS:GO? > A. That will be correct as of Stage 3. > > Q. So people need to have landlines to run servers now? > A. No. But there are currently restrictions on what constitutes a > qualifying phone number. VOIP / burner numbers are currently non-qualifying. > > Q. What specifically happens if you don't log into an account after stage > three? > A. The result will be identical to the current IP ban: players will not be > able to connect. > > Q. So can these tokens be used in place of the webapi_authkey ? will we > need BOTH keys now to use the workshop? > A. The webapi authkey was previously an intermediate step to creating a > GSLT. It is no longer necessary. > > Q. And just to be clear, it's 50 at any one time, not 50 total lifetime, > correct? > A. Correct. You can delete unused GSLTs and generate new ones. We're > reevaluating the 50 token limit. > > Q. Why don't my previously registered servers show up? > A. Fixed. > > > _______________________________________________ > Csgo_servers mailing list > Csgo_servers@list.valvesoftware.com > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers > Ido Magal <i...@valvesoftware.com> > Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:21 PM > > Notice of changes to CS:GO Game Server Operation > _______________________________________________ > Csgo_servers mailing list > Csgo_servers@list.valvesoftware.com > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Csgo_servers mailing > listCsgo_servers@list.valvesoftware.comhttps://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers > > > > _______________________________________________ > Csgo_servers mailing list > Csgo_servers@list.valvesoftware.com > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >
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