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When did Steam add "Kernel Level Anti-Cheat" notice to the store pages? (lemm.ee)
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[–] raptir@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I avoid anything with kernel level anti-cheat. It is a theoretical attack vector - if the anti-cheat were somehow compromised, you've granted it low-level access to your system so whatever payload it is injecting would have that same level of access.

Even if you only play the single player part of a game the anti-cheat will be installed and running in the background.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

And how do I know there's an anti-cheat?

[–] raptir@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 weeks ago

Unfortunately just research unless it is stated on the Steam page.