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Re:With Proton and Steam Play, many Windows games now work o... by realusername on Monday December 07, 2020 @02:58PM (#25336508)
Because anti-cheat software is buggy, triggering a kernel crash which makes the whole machine unusable is a real possibility, additionally by running in kernel mode, the software bypasses all the OS protections, this can end up terribly if there's an exploit.
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Re:With Proton and Steam Play, many Windows games now work o... by google234123 on Monday December 07, 2020 @06:02PM (#25338956)
Most drivers suffer from this. There's nothing special about anti cheat drivers. It's probably much better tested than the random driver that a hardware manufacture might provide to control some random fan LEDs.
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Re:With Proton and Steam Play, many Windows games now work o... by realusername on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @04:22AM (#25343401)
The difference being that a graphic driver is essential to make the hardware work whereas anti-cheat software isn't.
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Re:With Proton and Steam Play, many Windows games now work o... by google234123 on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @05:55PM (#25352663)
Anti cheat is essential to keep multiplayer games fun
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