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>>xmrcat+(OP)
People should always consider the "abusive friend" scenario with regards to privacy.

Even marriages can be extremely abusive...

The assumption that people on your friend's lists, Steam or anywhere (even just people in the same household) should be able to see your personal information, such as computer use, is a bananas assumption. It is an assumption that I'm pleased to say has failed privacy reviews at at least one company larger than Steam.

>>explod+o3
I think it's a quite small demographic that have abusive friends on Steam that they can't simply unfriend for whatever reason, and it's not a reasonable expectation on Steam to design for that case. It'd be like a pencil company trying to prevent people from writing hurtful messages.

>>snowmo+M6
What about people who have their online friends on Steam just to play together with someone else? Worst case, this could leak a child’s daily schedule to a predator.