Comment on Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It's Working Towards Support

• FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Not sure I understand - games with kernel-level anti cheat also still have cheaters.

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  • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I’m aware but games and players still want a strong anti cheating solution. There is no protection currently on linux for cheating.

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    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      First, it’s not true that there’s no protection - various anti-cheat solutions do support Linux.

      Second, “strong” solutions still let through cheaters, because client-side anti cheat is an inherently unwinnable cat-and-mouse game. It’s better for everyone to block kernel-level AC and instead force better backend solutions.

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      • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Uh no I’m a linux user and i know the anti cheats that do support linux do basically nothing since any root process can hook in. If majority of gamers were on linux multiplayer games would be unplayable.

        Anti cheat is always a Cat and mouse solution not just on the client side and that doesnt mean its bad and cat and mouse solutions do still reduce cheaters.

        Good server side anti cheat is a perfect ideal solution, its never existed and I don’t think it will exist.

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