Riot Games' kernal level anti-cheat, Vanguard, has received an update which is allegedly altering system firmware associated with cheating.

Riot Games‘ kernel-level anti-cheat, Vanguard, has received an update that is allegedly altering system firmware to remove the ability of the user to access certain hardware associated with cheating.

Riot Games quoted one post discussing the anti-cheat, replying “congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight.” But how exactly does Vanguard’s new system make “paperweights” out of hardware?

  • ozoned@piefed.socialEnglish
    82·
    8 hours ago

    Yeah your game is so important that you get to destroy people’s hardware? Shit should be illegal.

    • mohab@piefed.socialEnglish
      6·
      3 hours ago

      This was debunked, I think. It apparently doesn’t permanently brick anything, and mainly targets extra hardware bought primarily for cheating.

      Fuck Riot though. Glad 2XKO is not doing too hot.

    • Korkki@lemmy.mlEnglish
      37·
      7 hours ago

      A kernel level anticheat is basically spyware in all but name and stated benign purpose. This if true is getting on the malware territory. Like who is responsible on the case of false positives.