VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhat are some video games you avoid?message-squaremessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down13
arrow-up179arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some video games you avoid?VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square125fedilink
minus-squareTudsamfa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·3 months agoI’ll assume since I am someone else, but kernel level anti-cheat is basically Spyware, or at least a privacy concern.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months ago“kernel level” means the deepest level of the computer. It’s like giving a houseguest a key to the safe in your bedroom.
minus-squaremed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoPeople really don’t understand just how invasive this is. At that point, if it was programmed to, it could pretend to obey your uninstall derective, while actually overriding your attempts to uninstall the game.
minus-squaretomalley8342@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoAny normal program can do that too.
I’ll assume since I am someone else, but kernel level anti-cheat is basically Spyware, or at least a privacy concern.
Oh ok thanks
“kernel level” means the deepest level of the computer. It’s like giving a houseguest a key to the safe in your bedroom.
People really don’t understand just how invasive this is. At that point, if it was programmed to, it could pretend to obey your uninstall derective, while actually overriding your attempts to uninstall the game.
Any normal program can do that too.