well from what i see it only displays the account name you can change on the profile settings page not the account name used to login unless both are the same

family sharing is pretty cool , especially if you don't really play your games a lot , you can share the account with a family member remote or local and let them play , when you want to play it gives you back access asap.

only one thing matters here absolutely that is trusting the person your are sharing with to not mess up anything such as cheat in multiplayer games etc


Remember even if someone is sharing your account , priority is always you , once you start a game the sharing person loses access within minutes

Not in case you (or the other person) are in offline mode it won't :-P

I wonder though, do you think it "records" time and usage, and if when it reconnects, and discovers you've violated the terms, whether you will face any sort of sanction?

In other words, let's say you're offline, play a game on 4/22/2014 from 2:30 to 4:30 PM EDT. Then when it reconnects, it checks Steam records and discovers that another computer was also playing that game, online, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM EDT on the same day. Then you get a nasty little notice from Steam saying you've violated their terms of service and lose access to your account.

Again, not saying that would happen, just wondering if it's possible. Well, I'm sure it's technically possible, I mean wondering if Steam tracks things that closely.

I don't think so. I have actually used offline mode to share my Steam account with my family even before family sharing was a thing.