Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Steam Deck

Re:Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Stea... by b8 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @03:44PM (#28634249)

Hmm I wonder how intrusive EAC is on Linux, and Macs. I seem to recall that they look for visiting blacklisted websites in some browsers a while back. Also I wonder how their VM detection is for linux, and macs.

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Re:Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Stea... by judge2020 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:01PM (#28634503)

Blizzard's Warden anti-cheat was rumored to collect your process list and/or open window titles at one point, but IIRC they weren't substantiated.

https://wowwiki-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Warden_(software)

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Re:Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Stea... by henhouse on Thursday September 23, 2021 @06:07PM (#28636210)

I know that it can checksum files, search through drivers, scan memory addresses, etc. I think I can read registry keys as well. That’s just what I know of the 2005-2008 era of Warden implementation. See vanilla implementation: https://github.com/vmangos/core/pull/1295

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