VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhat are some video games you avoid?message-squaremessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up159
arrow-up159message-squareWhat are some video games you avoid?VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squarepseudonym@monyet.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoSorry I’m dumb. What are the reasons? You really want to cheat?
minus-squareTudsamfa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoI’ll assume since I am someone else, but kernel level anti-cheat is basically Spyware, or at least a privacy concern.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months ago“kernel level” means the deepest level of the computer. It’s like giving a houseguest a key to the safe in your bedroom.
minus-squareAmbiguousProps@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoYep, the other two commenters summed it up well: I’d rather not have software for a game that I play running and phoning home every time I boot my computer (in other words, a rootkit). I also am a Linux user, so they just don’t work for me.
minus-squareAdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoCould also be that they are playing on Linux. Kernel level anti-cheat doesn’t work there.
Sorry I’m dumb. What are the reasons? You really want to cheat?
I’ll assume since I am someone else, but kernel level anti-cheat is basically Spyware, or at least a privacy concern.
Oh ok thanks
“kernel level” means the deepest level of the computer. It’s like giving a houseguest a key to the safe in your bedroom.
Yep, the other two commenters summed it up well: I’d rather not have software for a game that I play running and phoning home every time I boot my computer (in other words, a rootkit). I also am a Linux user, so they just don’t work for me.
Could also be that they are playing on Linux. Kernel level anti-cheat doesn’t work there.
Can’t play them on Linux