nanoUFOM to GamesEnglish · 9 months agoEasy Anti-Cheat: We have investigated recent reports of a potential RCE issue within EAC. At this time - we are confident that there is no RCE vulnerability within EAC being exploited.twitter.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up194arrow-down1external-linkEasy Anti-Cheat: We have investigated recent reports of a potential RCE issue within EAC. At this time - we are confident that there is no RCE vulnerability within EAC being exploited.twitter.comnanoUFOM to GamesEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTootSweet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69arrow-down2·9 months agoIt’s really disturbing how popular the notion that rootkit-based anti-cheat is a good thing is on the internet at large. I love it when a thread like this comes up on Lemmy every single comment condemns EAC’s whole anti-cheat model. Y’all are all right.
minus-squareLive Your Lives@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·9 months agoWhile I am sceptical of rootkit based anti-cheat as well, I am also not a fan of how quickly everyone has jumped to assuming this is EAC’s problem and not a problem with Apex Legends, is there some solid evidence for that that I’m just unaware of?
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·9 months agoKernel level and root kit are two different things. Please don’t confuse them.
It’s really disturbing how popular the notion that rootkit-based anti-cheat is a good thing is on the internet at large.
I love it when a thread like this comes up on Lemmy every single comment condemns EAC’s whole anti-cheat model.
Y’all are all right.
While I am sceptical of rootkit based anti-cheat as well, I am also not a fan of how quickly everyone has jumped to assuming this is EAC’s problem and not a problem with Apex Legends, is there some solid evidence for that that I’m just unaware of?
Kernel level and root kit are two different things. Please don’t confuse them.