Valorant's anti-cheat system requires TPM 2.0 and secure boot on Windows 11

Re:Valorant's anti-cheat system requires TPM 2.0 and secure ... by stefan_ on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:25PM (#28935982)

I don't get it, what exactly is being verified by secure boot & TPM 2.0 that helps anti-cheat? That doesn't restrict the user from screwing with the game in userland, and doesn't restrict from loading signed kernel drivers. Sounds like the same.

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Re:Valorant's anti-cheat system requires TPM 2.0 and secure ... by dane-pgp on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @06:05PM (#28937386)

I don't know if the anti-cheat does this, but the architecture I imagine is that the game comes with its own kernel driver which detects/prevents tampering with the game in userland, and the secure boot process attests to the presence of kernel driver on the running system.

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