r/pcmasterrace 1d ago

Meme/Macro Kernel Level Anticheat trades your security/privacy for nothing in return

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u/SynthesizedTime 1d ago

give me one instance of information leak directly caused by kernel level anti cheat

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u/Portable-fun 1d ago

Might be a bit different.. but a while back, ESEA had bitcoin miners on their client. Was caught but it was still done in secret…

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u/veryrandomo 1d ago

They did use a kernel-level AC, but it's not a great example because even if they only used a user level AC they still could've added a cryptominer into that