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?

  • akwd169@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    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

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      3 hours ago

      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.

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        3 hours ago

        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

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          3 hours ago

          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