'I had my fun' says hacker who used Call of Duty anti-cheat exploit to ban 'thousands upon thousands' of innocent playerswww.pcgamer.comexternal-link alessandro ( @alessandro@lemmy.ca ) PC Gaming@lemmy.ca • 5 days ago message-square37fedilinkarrow-up1160
arrow-up1160external-link'I had my fun' says hacker who used Call of Duty anti-cheat exploit to ban 'thousands upon thousands' of innocent playerswww.pcgamer.com alessandro ( @alessandro@lemmy.ca ) PC Gaming@lemmy.ca • 5 days ago message-square37fedilink
minus-square ILikeBoobies ( @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink33•5 days agoKernel level isn’t about stopping cheaters, it’s about gaining system access
minus-square Revan343 ( @Revan343@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink10•4 days agoNaw, it’s about pretending to stop cheaters. It’s security theatre, same as the TSA
minus-square Sas [she/her] ( @Sas@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink6•5 days agoAnd about putting a buzzword on your game that makes people think they’re safe from cheaters
minus-square KeenFlame ( @KeenFlame@feddit.nu ) linkfedilink9•4 days agoTheir source comes from it giving system access and that is what they want.
minus-square GetOffMyLan ( @GetOffMyLan@programming.dev ) linkfedilink2•4 days agoWhy would they want that? Are there any cases of it being abused?
minus-square KeenFlame ( @KeenFlame@feddit.nu ) linkfedilink2•3 days agoYeah why would any mega conglomerate corporate entity want the most valuable and easy to harvest resource on earth
minus-square GetOffMyLan ( @GetOffMyLan@programming.dev ) linkfedilink1•edit-23 days agoComputer usage statistics? Score!
minus-square KeenFlame ( @KeenFlame@feddit.nu ) linkfedilink1•2 days agoOf 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-square GetOffMyLan ( @GetOffMyLan@programming.dev ) linkfedilink1•2 days agoWould 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-square Something Burger 🍔 ( @SomethingBurger@jlai.lu ) linkfedilink4•4 days agoIt 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
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.