alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 7 个月前'I had my fun' says hacker who used Call of Duty anti-cheat exploit to ban 'thousands upon thousands' of innocent playerswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1299arrow-down14
arrow-up1295arrow-down1external-link'I had my fun' says hacker who used Call of Duty anti-cheat exploit to ban 'thousands upon thousands' of innocent playerswww.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 7 个月前message-square59fedilink
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up56arrow-down15·7 个月前Kernel level isn’t about stopping cheaters, it’s about gaining system access
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.cacakelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 个月前Naw, it’s about pretending to stop cheaters. It’s security theatre, same as the TSA
minus-squarekopasz7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down2·edit-27 个月前Any mention of data collection in the ToS?
minus-squareSas [she/her]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 个月前And about putting a buzzword on your game that makes people think they’re safe from cheaters
minus-squareKeenFlame@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·7 个月前Their source comes from it giving system access and that is what they want.
minus-squareGetOffMyLan@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 个月前Why would they want that? Are there any cases of it being abused?
minus-squareKeenFlame@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 个月前Yeah why would any mega conglomerate corporate entity want the most valuable and easy to harvest resource on earth
minus-squareGetOffMyLan@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 个月前Computer usage statistics? Score!
minus-squareKeenFlame@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 个月前Of course, no unfathomably demonic corporate entity would ever choose to track users and target them like that, to for instance sell products with zero repressions due to a lobbying hate group bribing lawyers to make it legal
minus-squareGetOffMyLan@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 个月前Would be completely illegal in countries with gdpr. I’m a programmer and can tell you every company takes that super seriously. You have to agree to be tracked. Most people just do it without thinking.
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·7 个月前It has system access yet doesn’t prevent cheating.
Kernel level isn’t about stopping cheaters, it’s about gaining system access
Naw, it’s about pretending to stop cheaters. It’s security theatre, same as the TSA
To what end?
Any mention of data collection in the ToS?
And about putting a buzzword on your game that makes people think they’re safe from cheaters
Source?
Their source comes from it giving system access and that is what they want.
Why would they want that? Are there any cases of it being abused?
Yeah why would any mega conglomerate corporate entity want the most valuable and easy to harvest resource on earth
Computer usage statistics? Score!
Of course, no unfathomably demonic corporate entity would ever choose to track users and target them like that, to for instance sell products with zero repressions due to a lobbying hate group bribing lawyers to make it legal
Would be completely illegal in countries with gdpr. I’m a programmer and can tell you every company takes that super seriously.
You have to agree to be tracked. Most people just do it without thinking.
It has system access yet doesn’t prevent cheating.
Nothing is perfect bruh.