Gamasutra had a lovely little chat with Kutta Srinivasan, an engineer at Valve working on the Steam Mobile app. The interview discusses how Valve had to create a new back-end service that let the Steam Mobile app function in a wide variety of connectivity states, something the desktop client has no real need for.
Moving forward, Valve would like to eventually see the Steam Mobile app bring in new users in addition to adding an extra layer of security to your Steam account.
Moving forward, Valve would like to eventually see the Steam Mobile app bring in new users in addition to adding an extra layer of security to your Steam account.
"Phase one was just about getting existing customers connected when they’re away from their computers," said Srinivasan. "As we discover the ways they interact with what we’ve provided, we expect to learn more about how to make it more universal."
"In an upcoming [update], the Steam app will be able to act as a two-factor authentication device to bolster the security on your primary Steam account," he said. "If your phone is lost or stolen, simply changing the password on your account will invalidate the tokens used by the application to access Steam."
"In an upcoming [update], the Steam app will be able to act as a two-factor authentication device to bolster the security on your primary Steam account," he said. "If your phone is lost or stolen, simply changing the password on your account will invalidate the tokens used by the application to access Steam."