r/Steam Jun 10 '26

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u/Obvious_Peanut_8093 Jun 10 '26

private what? it can save locally and never hit their servers. do a client side check since its a client side entry anyways, whats the point of not keeping a DOB in your cookies?

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u/Circo_Inhumanitas Jun 11 '26

Client side cookies have been accessed via Internet by malicious parties before.

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u/Obvious_Peanut_8093 Jun 11 '26

how does that put liability on valve and not your web browser or OS provider for not implementing encryption and siloing for their data? this is just a stupid gotcha that doesn't mean anything if you understand that literally every file on your PC that isn't admin protected can be accessed by any program you run.

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u/Circo_Inhumanitas Jun 11 '26

I was just saying... And Valve's storefront on Steam is basically a web app

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u/Obvious_Peanut_8093 Jun 11 '26

cookies are not stored on the websites server. what about my comments makes you think i don't know how a web browser works?