Kernel Anti-Cheat Is an Overreach

Re:Kernel Anti-Cheat Is an Overreach by wronex on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @04:10AM (#48814938)

I play a lot. Competitive shooters mostly. Most of them are unplayable for one or two reasons. Cross play (controllers with aim assist) and cheaters. As a PC player I would like to see no aim assist and actual consequences for cheating. I’ll gladly verify my real world identity, if it meant cheaters where banned once and forever. I’ve heard this is how it works in Korea (claim not verified) and could see it work here too as most of Europe has access to very UX friendly state sponsored digital ID.

If there were actual stakes to cheating, it would be less prevalent. Now you can create another account and keep playing. Often for free!

On a side note. How come replay analysis doesn’t catch more cheaters?

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Re:Kernel Anti-Cheat Is an Overreach by iscoelho on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @06:05AM (#48815712)

> "How come replay analysis doesn’t catch more cheaters?"

1) There's too many players.

2) Closet cheaters are extremely subjective: automated & manual moderation would be full of false positives. In these cases, functional anti-cheats actually serve to vindicate these players.

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