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neilv | on: Steam games will need to disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages
One of the reasons I run a PS5 instead.

AFAIK, there's fewer cheaters on PlayStation current-gen than on PC, and I don't have to worry about anti-cheat kludges corrupting my "rig".

Aeolun | parent | next
You mean all the anti-cheat options are pre-built into your rig?
grbrr | root | parent | next
Yes, so you don’t have to run a rootkit on a machine that you might file your taxes on.
echoangle | root | parent
I would bet 90% of people here have at least another laptop if they have a gaming PC, if you’re concerned about being compromised by rootkits, just do your taxes on that.
lostlogin | root | parent | next
So you own one machine and Rockstar owns the other?
echoangle | root | parent | next
Well that was supposed to be the deal with the PlayStation, too.
Dilettante_ | root | parent
"Your computer calls me root too"
stavros | root | parent
There's nothing "just" about compromising one of my machines so badly that I don't trust it to file my taxes on any more.
pjc50 | root | parent | next
Yes. It's kind of an odd situation, because it's one where it's a benefit to me if other people are running anti-cheat. A limited sort of remote attestation that the people you're playing with aren't running certain kinds of software that peeks into or alters the memory image of the game or its graphics drivers.
portaouflop | root | parent
Which is fine on a device that you only use for gaming, or am I missing something?
dmichulke | root | parent | next
Well, you run untrusted code in your local network.

Then again, we all trust our "smart" devices even if we really don't.

I suppose a separate network would be the safe option (if you trust your router).

That said, have there been rotten meat attacks using "temporarily above temperature" fridges?

Are vegans just applying a defensive strategy against those?

lxgr | root | parent
Not nearly every "gaming PC" is used for only that.

When I grew up, I had one PC to do everything: Homework, gaming, learning to program, storing the single copy of treasured family photos, gaining painful experience in why to make backups before modifying the MBR to dual-boot Linux...

Especially with iPads and Chromebooks becoming more prevalent in an education context, a "gaming PC" might well be the only computer that gives the user full control over it that many children have access to these days.

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pixxel | parent | next
You’ve just got Sony watching over you and transcribing your audio conversations with friends.
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Woeps | parent
This is the exact reason why is started with streaming services for games (Gfore/boosteroid/game pass). Next the anti-cheat thing I also spend less waiting for updates. And this way I can still play these games with my buddies.