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[-] GreyCat@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Nah I can't agree with this. I don't think there are many games with anti-cheats solely on the server. Even Valve has its VAC.

I agree that Kernel anti-cheats are bullshit, I don't want a rootkit on my system. But if you are already running a closed-source game, it's not a stretch to run its local anti-cheat.

And local anti-cheats make sense in and of themselves since you can't easily detect things like visual hacks from the server-side.

[-] andyburke@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

You misunderstand a few key things about the points I made, I think. In particular the bit about not being able to trust the client that it is running the code you think it is.

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