What does Steam put on my PC?

[Quall999]

Thanks, I really like HL2 but steam is annoying. I hope they don't come down on me. I am going to keep it though.

Even with offline mode enabled, my firewall is still blocking traffic from the app. What sucks more is that every time I want to play in offline mode, it asks me to verify that every time I start Steam.

This thing is like adware. I read the Terms of Use that are required in order to play the game, and they sell your information. If you add a game shortcut to Steam, keep in mind that Valve will record it and then sell that info with your contact email. I was looking for a privacy policy when I first signed up and now I know why I could not fine one. It doesn't exist. Thank god that I used a junk email address.