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Secure Boot, TPM and Anti-Cheat Engines (andrewmoore.ca)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Pro@programming.dev to c/Technology@programming.dev

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Anti-cheat engines are now requiring users to have Secure Boot and a fTPM enabled in order to play online multiplayer games. Will this decrease the amount of cheating, or is it a futile attempt at curbing an ever-growing problem?

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[–] evilcultist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’d imagine you could do some sort of mitm on the video, network, or memory and use that data to cheat. Or, if nothing else, a camera with software to detect targets that connects to hardware connected to a mouse that causes the mouse pointer to quickly move to the target. Most of this is potentially pretty cheap in the age of raspberry pi. I’m not sure if anyone’s doing it, but I’m sure someone will find a way if software anticheat becomes strong enough.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

This is going to be way harder, most likely even than to remove anti heat. And hardware detecting targets is not even viable yet, imo