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Does Steam "lock you out" if you enter too many keys in too little time?

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MosesXIII

Like many people I am doing both the seal thing and watching for the Hacker Evolution keys every 5 minutes. I've been copypasting the keys and I've gotten quite a few that come up as invalid. I'm wondering if this is because I'm entering a duplicate key roughly every 5 minutes and Steam thinks I'm trying to bruteforce game keys or something (which would be fucking impossible, as far as I know).

Anyone know anything about this? Like...

1: Does a lockout occur?
If so --
2: How many keys do you have to enter in what time space for the lockout to occur?
3: How long does the lockout last?
4: After the lockout is over, do the keys Steam told you were "invalid" become valid again?

Thanks.

13 years ago*

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3VIPER13

You, me, and many more have been getting invalids instead of duplicates.
No clue why.

13 years ago
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SuperFluffyKitty

yes

13 years ago
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Pur3Bolt

I don't know exactly how CD key lockouts work, but yes, Steam does lock you out. If you try and bruteforce gift URL you get locked out after 20 tries in every 5 minutes, then the lock is lifted etc etc

13 years ago
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Asenath

I tried 5 keys and then Steam started saying that the keys were invalid, I think the lockout last an hour or so.

13 years ago
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Creambanana

5? duplicate/wrong keys and it'll say lock for an hour I believe.

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RavenWings

Im not sure about the numbers (how many keys and locked out for how long), but I know from experience that it happens and its lifted after a while and the "invalid" keys are still usable.

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Closed 13 years ago by MosesXIII.