Riot Games‘ kernel-level anti-cheat, Vanguard, has received an update that is allegedly altering system firmware to remove the ability of the user to access certain hardware associated with cheating.
Riot Games quoted one post discussing the anti-cheat, replying “congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight.” But how exactly does Vanguard’s new system make “paperweights” out of hardware?
Yeah your game is so important that you get to destroy people’s hardware? Shit should be illegal.
Read the article, it doesnt brick anything, the 6k paperweight comment is “reffering to valorant cheating devices that no longer work” whatever tf that means
Once again the news is spreading a clickbaity headline and everyone reads just that then sprints to the comments
I’m against any kind of kernel level anticheat FOR A GAME.
These kinds of things aren’t there to make then better for you. It’s there to protect investor’s money.
They shouldn’t have access to you’re system and I’d imagine vast majority of people don’t have a clue what this means.
I didnt say anything about any of that, I said you didnt read the article, you just reacted to a false headline
You got ragebaited
Oh and I just realized. I meant kernel level anticheat should be illegal. I didn’t make myself clear. I apologize. I run Linux though, so doesn’t affect me. :-D
Not raged at all. :-) just making a point. Speaking my side. Not disagreeing with you
A kernel level anticheat is basically spyware in all but name and stated benign purpose. This if true is getting on the malware territory. Like who is responsible on the case of false positives.
This was debunked, I think. It apparently doesn’t permanently brick anything, and mainly targets extra hardware bought primarily for cheating.
Fuck Riot though. Glad 2XKO is not doing too hot.