As the English YouTuber “The Spiffing Brit” reports in a video from May 23, you can ruin your account on Steam by writing a wrong word in your profile. But don’t worry: Apparently, this can’t happen that quickly.
How can you ruin your Steam account? You achieve this by entering forbidden words in the URL bar of your profile, which prevents neither you nor anyone else from accessing your account.
Instead of the respective profile options, you only see a black screen in the Steam app. This way, you can’t accept friend requests or game invitations, for example.
Additionally, you receive an “access denied” message when you try to open the profile via a browser. Since you can no longer open your profile due to the exploit, you also don’t have the option to remove the mentioned words.
Nevertheless, according to The Spiffing Brit, there is a possibility to access the game library. You can find the complete English video on the topic here:
Why are the profiles unreachable? As The Spiffing Brit explains, the problem is not with Steam, but with Steam’s server host Akamai. They have certain words on a blacklist.
Which words lead to the problem? There is no official and viewable blacklist of words that are forbidden and can cause problems if you write them in your Steam profile.
The Spiffing Brit used the English term “Antidisestablishmentarianism” for his video – it is neither vulgar nor inappropriate, nor is it offensive. The word refers to the resistance against the abolition of the English state church (Church of England).
However, it seems that “Antidisestablishmentarianism” has been removed from Akamai’s blacklist in the meantime, as The Spiffing Brit’s profile can now be accessed.
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