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Re:Valorant's anti-cheat system requires TPM 2.0 and secure ... by marcodiego on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:44PM (#28936251)
> I'm not playing any online games that require what is especially a rootkit to be installed on my system.

Isn't all anti-cheat systems exactly that? Is there a way to differentiate any proprieatary driver to what you describe?

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Re:Valorant's anti-cheat system requires TPM 2.0 and secure ... by josephcsible on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:45PM (#28936268)
The point of invasive client-side anti-cheat is to surveil the user and report back to the game developer. Most proprietary drivers don't do that.
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