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[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 44 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Any game that uses kernel level anti cheat, for obvious reasons.

[–] pseudonym@monyet.cc 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Sorry I'm dumb. What are the reasons? You really want to cheat?

[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'll assume since I am someone else, but kernel level anti-cheat is basically Spyware, or at least a privacy concern.

[–] pseudonym@monyet.cc 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“kernel level” means the deepest level of the computer. It’s like giving a houseguest a key to the safe in your bedroom.

[–] med@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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 directive, while actually overriding your attempts to uninstall the game.

[–] tomalley8342@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Any normal program can do that too.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 7 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

Could also be that they are playing on Linux. Kernel level anti-cheat doesn’t work there.

[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Can't play them on Linux