Valve announced a change for Steam today that will make things a lot clearer for everyone, as developers will now need to clearly list the kernel-level anti-cheat used on Steam store pages.

Now if only they could more clearly communicate when games are playable offline.

  • scarilog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    And you can’t even check what it’s really doing on your computer because it’s a crime under US law.

    Is this specifically for kernel level anticheat? Because this isn’t a thing for software in general right??

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝English
      4·
      2 months ago

      It’s a thing for any measure said to enforce copyright under the DMCA.

      So it’s a thing for most proprietary software.

    • Miaou@jlai.luEnglish
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      2 months ago

      If anything reverse engineering is more permissible in the USA than many other places, IIRC