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[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I like it. If the game is unplayable to everyone then cheaters can’t get in.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

The games been unplayable for more than a decade.

[–] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world -3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Secure Boot is literally one toggle in the BIOS what are you talking about 😭

[–] NakedGardenGnome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

On my linux gaming install it ain't, its not only quite hard to set up, the current certificates which can be used are said to expire in... 2026? I remember reading that somewhere on here.

[–] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Windows is always updating its Secure Boot protocols so it makes sense.

[–] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly this isn't a problem, since it's simply looking at the checks Secure Boot makes when starting. The issue is still the deep root access. Altho, both BF6 and Cod's anti-cheat only run when the game is on, so it's uhh, less bad than something like Riot Vanguard.

Still terrible, tho.

[–] alk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, if the anticheat is ever compromised, I don't think it's going to patiently wait until you're done playing to fuck up your day. So I don't really see a difference between always-on and sometimes-on kernel anti cheat.

[–] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Yeah I agree they're both terrible in their own regards, but cheating has become such a profitable industry that I don't see anything short of government regulations or extremely aggressive anti-cheat solving it. And also, if a group of hackers managed to compromise an anti-cheat, I'm sure there would be terrible consequences for them. They'd paint a target on their backs and companies affected would go to the ends of the earth to make sure they got prosecuted. I think that's the reason they haven't tried yet, and just try to bypass it with quiet, advanced stuff that has no media attention. The worst thing a hacker can do is attract attention to themselves.