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Hacking into Kernel Anti-Cheats: How cheaters bypass Faceit, ESEA and Vanguard anti-cheats (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 years ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Client-side anti-cheat doesn't make any sense. The player will always control the client if they really want to (and they have every right to do so).

AI-supported server-side cheat detection should be where it's at. I doubt it'll be much worse than the half-baked "solutions" we currently have.

Running essentially part of a game in ring 0 is completely unacceptable. Vanguard even runs when the game does not. It's just cocky the publishers pretend like their anti-cheat is secure. Someone finding an exploit in the anti-cheat can use it to own systems running it.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If a CCP-comtrolled company wants kernel-level access, the game should be banned. Full stop.

[–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But if a non-CCP controlled company wants kernel level access, then I would love to give them that control!

[–] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Both are bad. One is objectively more bad.

[–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 2 points 2 years ago

Which one is objectively more bad and how?