What are some video games you avoid? (lemmus.org)

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[-] pseudonym 2 points 2 months ago

Sorry I'm dumb. What are the reasons? You really want to cheat?

[-] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

I'll assume since I am someone else, but kernel level anti-cheat is basically Spyware, or at least a privacy concern.

[-] pseudonym 2 points 2 months ago

Oh ok thanks

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

“kernel level” means the deepest level of the computer. It’s like giving a houseguest a key to the safe in your bedroom.

[-] med@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

People really don't understand just how invasive this is. At that point, if it was programmed to, it could pretend to obey your uninstall directive, while actually overriding your attempts to uninstall the game.

[-] tomalley8342@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Any normal program can do that too.

[-] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 7 points 2 months ago

Yep, the other two commenters summed it up well: I'd rather not have software for a game that I play running and phoning home every time I boot my computer (in other words, a rootkit). I also am a Linux user, so they just don't work for me.

[-] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

Can't play them on Linux

[-] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago

Could also be that they are playing on Linux. Kernel level anti-cheat doesn’t work there.

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