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Re:Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Stea... by Pxtl on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:50PM (#28635173)
In the cases where end-to-end vendor control over the hardware from the player's fingers to the HDMI out exists, yes that seems possible.

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.

Re:Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Stea... by nitrogen on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:17PM (#28635563)
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 (#28635773)