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Re:The issue of anti-cheat on Linux by Hikikomori on Saturday August 23, 2025 @08:17AM (#44995437)
The point it, you don't need a kernel driver to access most of your data. Just a user space process can go read all your files and memory of processes of the same user.
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Re:The issue of anti-cheat on Linux by xg15 on Saturday August 23, 2025 @08:33AM (#44995534)
Yes. But I normally wouldn't install such a user space process either, if I can avoid it. Anticheat is trying to normalize that behavior.
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Re:The issue of anti-cheat on Linux by Hikikomori on Saturday August 23, 2025 @06:03PM (#44999495)
Like a game?
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