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Re:Guild Wars 2 distributed spyware in order to detect cheaters by preinheimer on Monday April 16, 2018 @01:48PM (#16851071)
As our operating systems become more and more security conscious, I'd expect the ability to iterate other processes on the machine to go away.

When I've installed ethereal/wireshark I've needed to face down big warnings, and properly so. A promiscuous packet sniffer is something to be wary of.

With few exceptions[1] there seems to be no good reason for any application on my machine to see what else is running.

[1] - Good candidates include Anti-virus for those who run it, and those tools that help you keep your applications up to date.

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Re:Guild Wars 2 distributed spyware in order to detect cheaters by bartread on Monday April 16, 2018 @02:14PM (#16851337)
Don't forget sysinternals, and the like for other platforms. Also debugging, profiling and monitoring tools. Granted this is a very developer/admin focussed perspective, but they're still valid use cases.
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