VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat are some video games you avoid?message-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down13
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some video games you avoid?VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square95fedilink
minus-squareAmbiguousProps@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down1·1 day agoAny game that uses kernel level anti cheat, for obvious reasons.
minus-squarepseudonym@monyet.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·16 hours agoSorry I’m dumb. What are the reasons? You really want to cheat?
minus-squareTudsamfa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·15 hours 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-up2·5 hours 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-squareAmbiguousProps@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·13 hours agoYep, the other two commenters summed it up well: I’d rather not have software for a game that I play running and phoning home every time I boot my computer (in other words, a rootkit). I also am a Linux user, so they just don’t work for me.
minus-squareAdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agoCould also be that they are playing on Linux. Kernel level anti-cheat doesn’t work there.
Any game that uses kernel level anti cheat, for obvious reasons.
Sorry I’m dumb. What are the reasons? You really want to cheat?
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.
Yep, the other two commenters summed it up well: I’d rather not have software for a game that I play running and phoning home every time I boot my computer (in other words, a rootkit). I also am a Linux user, so they just don’t work for me.
Could also be that they are playing on Linux. Kernel level anti-cheat doesn’t work there.