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Re:Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Stea... by a1369209993 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @11:18PM (#28638251)
> it turns their mic on,

Well that's horrifying. I'm glad I don't use Windows, and I'm glad my computer physically does not have a microphone for malware to enable.

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Re:Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Stea... by Kaze404 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @11:41PM (#28638388)
I'm not sure how the system works, but I think it's safe to assume that the user needs to have enabled their microphone first for this to work.
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Re:Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Stea... by fletchowns on Friday September 24, 2021 @01:29PM (#28645423)
You can disable it if you'd like, but nearly everybody leaves it on because it's a pretty fun feature most of the time :)
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