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VPNs are great for privacy, but they often route your traffic through servers that Steam doesn't recognize, triggering security timeouts. steam error code -118
This error effectively cuts you off from the Steam store, community pages, and sometimes your library. Fortunately, it is rarely a sign of a broken computer. It is almost always a network communication issue. steamcommunity