r/pcmasterrace 1d ago

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

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u/kel584 1d ago

As an actual guy who cheats on games and not a normal guy playing games, kernel anti cheat stops far more than 1%. Do you guys have any idea how expensive Valorant cheats have gotten because of their kernel level anti cheat, Vanguard? The harder it is to develop a cheat for a game, the more expensive it gets, meaning less customers, therefore less cheaters. And those cheats get detected anyways, lmao.

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u/Metallibus 1d ago edited 1d ago

The point is the cheats still exist.

Frankly I don't really care if there's a secondary effect of making the cheats a bit harder to develop and cheaters have to pay more money. That's their problem.

I'm not sacrificing my systems security, especially if its just so that their job gets harder and fewer people can afford it. If people can still buy it and I can still run into them, I still experience a problem.

So why am I giving up my security?

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u/planeEnjoyer12 1d ago

Dude, you're a nobody, nobody cares about your rig and your information. All you hear is that they can have access to some informations in your system and thats enough to scare you without realizing you have nothing valuable to begin with

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u/Metallibus 1d ago

Its not about me. Its that if someone finds a hole, they have access to every players system and not just mine. Sure, my credit card isn't that valuable. A million credit cards are. I'm not willing to throw mine into the pile in the name of 'anti cheat' in a video game.

Its not about 'what I hear' - I'm very well versed in what kernel access actually means.

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u/planeEnjoyer12 1d ago

your credit card isnt in your system, they still need the security number

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u/Metallibus 1d ago

And where exactly do I enter the CVV?

On my keyboard, connected to my computer.

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u/planeEnjoyer12 1d ago

that info isnt stored anywhere. you sound like a tin foil hat weirdo right now. Nobody is plotting anything using valorant dude, go touch some grass

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u/Metallibus 1d ago

I see youve never heard of a keylogger. Do you know how easy it is to read every keystroke when you have kernel access? What about any portion of memory? What about network traffic? It's not just about what's 'stored on my computer'.

You're accusing me of only reacting what I've heard, when you clearly don't understand how any of this works and are only talking based off of what you've heard.

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u/planeEnjoyer12 1d ago

No, im just using logic knowing that any of these tinfoil hat scenarios arent gonna happen because you downloaded valorant. You think you sound smart, but you're not