Latest Riot Vanguard Update Can Brick Your Hardware (If You're a Cheater)
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Riot Games' kernal level anti-cheat, Vanguard, has received an update which is allegedly altering system firmware associated with cheating.

Riot Games‘ kernel-level anti-cheat, Vanguard, has received an update that is allegedly altering system firmware to remove the ability of the user to access certain hardware associated with cheating.

Riot Games quoted one post discussing the anti-cheat, replying “congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight.” But how exactly does Vanguard’s new system make “paperweights” out of hardware?

  • vithigar@lemmy.caEnglish
    52·
    21 hours ago

    Good thing they didn’t then. Nothing was actually bricked, people are misusing the term.

      • vithigar@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        7 hours ago

        I agree. I’m not saying kernel level anti-cheat is acceptable, but the reporting on this has been a disaster. Making things up to try to make them look worse doesn’t actually help anyone.

      • omarfw@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        7 hours ago

        does non-kernal level anticheat work anymore if basically all cheaters operate at the kernel level at this point?