Riot Games Now Requires Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat Software for League of Legends, Following Valorant's Implementation
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10958052
Vanguard, the controversial anti-cheat software initially attached to Valorant, is now also coming to League of Legends.
Summary:
The article discusses Riot Games' requirement for players to install their Vanguard anti-cheat software, which runs at the kernel level, in order to play their games such as League of Legends and Valorant. The software aims to combat cheating by scanning for known vulnerabilities and blocking them, as well as monitoring for suspicious activity while the game is being played. However, the use of kernel-level software raises concerns about privacy and security, as it grants the company complete access to users' devices.
The article highlights that Riot Games is owned by Tencent, a Chinese tech giant that has been involved in censorship and surveillance activities in China. This raises concerns that Vanguard could potentially be used for similar purposes, such as monitoring players' activity and restricting free speech in-game.
Ultimately, the decision to install Vanguard rests with players, but the article urges caution and encourages players to consider the potential risks and implications before doing so.
Sure I'll let a binary blob running in my ker el to play a game, no problem.
Fuck. No.
Anti-Cheat is just spyware. That's it. Cheaters will always break it and they do, constantly every single day.
If they really cared about cheaters they would have cared about game based differences and not background processes.
Fuck cheaters
Great, now we need to convince Linus that anti-cheat is definitely worth being implemented in Linux or what?
Might be a fun project tho... Actually, might become the anti-cheat to rule them all. Who likes cheaters anyway? 🤔
..wat