Re:Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Stea...
by nitrogen on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:17PM
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Someone else mentioned doing this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28634631
Even if they turn on HDCP, you could just get a low-lag monitor and point a camera at it.
Re:Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Stea...
by shadilay on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:33PM
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You can just buy an HDCP stripper. https://www.amazon.com/Easyday-Stripper-Splitter-Signal-Ampl...
But on a PC? Where the user can install whatever software they like? Much harder.
It feels like stopping aimbots will ultimately fail as eventually we'll see bots that use machine-vision to spot heads and pick them off. You wouldn't even need to run it on the cheating machine, this could be a separate device doing passthrough on the mouse, keyboard, and monitor.