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[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So I mean for most accounts I'm aware of you could just give someone your login credentials and you can practically change ownership (name, contact info, etc.)from the account.

Is this a bigger deal in China as accounts are tied to some form of ID?

[–] frigge@lemmy.ml 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

valve is pretty famous for not allowing this in steam. I mean you “can” do this but i am pretty sure it goes against their TOS. AFAIK they are even pretty explicit that if you die your game licenses become invalid

[–] jnod4@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago

My kid can still play my tabletop Catan game after I die.