alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agoCritical motherboard flaw allows game cheats, Riot Games blocks 'Valorant' players that don't update BIOS — security patches pushed live by all major motherboard vendorswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down11
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minus-squareunalivejoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-215 hours agoAt the end of the article, my takeaway is “anti-cheat is a tool used by bad developers to fix their security issues.” Properly written games are more resistant to bad clients, regardless of anti-cheat usage. I’m also reminded of a Microsoft blog: What if two programs did this? which leads to being unable to play Battlefield 6 while Valorant is installed. Edit: Better article about bf6 + valorant
At the end of the article, my takeaway is “anti-cheat is a tool used by bad developers to fix their security issues.” Properly written games are more resistant to bad clients, regardless of anti-cheat usage.
I’m also reminded of a Microsoft blog: What if two programs did this? which leads to being unable to play Battlefield 6 while Valorant is installed.
Edit: Better article about bf6 + valorant