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Used processor leads to game ban (www.heise.de)

submitted 1 week ago by arules@retrofed.com to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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Someone buys a used Ryzen 7 5800X3D. “Valorant” and other Riot games won’t start with it because the previous owner was a cheater.

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[–] blicky_blank@lemmy.today 14 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Anti Cheat software is a root kit, they can and do collect everything.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootkit

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[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Jfc

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