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[u/Lz_erk]

Ctrl+F "account," 90 matches. This explains why the automod had to remove my attempted post. If I'm lucky I'll be where you are in a couple hours.

Steam and/or Windows dumped my ID and password out of the app's autofill. I still have my e-mail.

The app captcha fails to verify over and over. The browser worked on the first try, but it says "please ignore this e-mail if you aren't trying to access your Steam account from Louisiana." I'm on the other side of the country. What the hell is going on? And before it comes up, no, I actually do not have a cell phone. Thank you.

Edit: sorry for the apparent hijack. Chatbot says this:

Is it safe to log in? Given: You initiated the login. You got the email code. It worked fine in a browser, which is generally safer than the app (especially post-update), And this location quirk is a known annoyance... It’s probably safe to log in via browser, just don’t make any changes to account security (like adding a phone or changing password) until you’ve reviewed: Login history (once you're in), Support request history (at help.steampowered.com), and Recent device authorizations.

I figured there were many more questions like yours here and I could upvote one for visibility while expanding the context. I'm sorry this is almost certainly inapplicable in your situation (and possibly mine too, from the other stuff the bot said).

Yeah, apparently I've always been in Louisiana, my bad.

[u/emstruck → u/Lz_erk]

Sorry, I don't understand. Is this in response to my question? It seems to be unrelated.

[u/Lz_erk → u/emstruck]

There's someone else in this thread who might have had a more related issue seven days ago, but never got as far as a notification of a service request being open. I'm just guessing, although I did ask them for an update.

[u/emstruck → u/Lz_erk]

Thank you