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Video game PUBG is to add "Out-of-game anti-cheat measures" and "hardware-based authentication" (pubg.com)
submitted 1 month ago by GolfNovemberUniform@infosec.pub to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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I suggest just reading the full article and making your own conclusions but I personally deleted the game for now. I need to see how far these measures will actually go and will they want to like take my DNS history or something.

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[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Unfortunately thats exactly what these kernel-level anti-cheats can do - they monitor all running processes and can block anything they deem "suspicious" even for completely unrelated single-player games.