Steam Guard System Is Up And Running

Valve's Gabe Newell made news during GDC when he goaded viewers to take his Steam password and try to access his account. The bold display was intended to draw attention to a new feature of the downloadable game client, Steam Guard.

The system takes advantage of Intel’s Identity Protection Technology to secure Steam users against phishing and hacking by authorizing the use of specific computers.

According to an official update, the system has graduated from beta and is now available for general use. All that is required to take advantage of the tech is a verified e-mail address and update.

[Steam via BigDownload]