Riot Games talk Vanguard anti-cheat for League of Legends and why it's a no for Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/riot-games-talk-vanguard-anti-cheat-for-league-of-legends-and-why-its-a-no-for-linux/
Riot Games talk Vanguard anti-cheat for League of Legends and why it's a no for Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/riot-games-talk-vanguard-anti-cheat-for-league-of-legends-and-why-its-a-no-for-linux/ 7 comments
@gamingonlinux It should be a “no” for Windows users as well. That “anti-cheat” basically has permanent admin privileges and is executed automatically in the OS’ background, even when Valorant isn’t running (the process can be killed but you’d need to RESTART your pc to play Valorant afterwards…). It’s either sending private data straight to Tencent’s servers or a critical security vulnerability in your system (likely both). @gamingonlinux pity, but hey only 800 people isn't that much for such a large company. I think that number will only go up for other games though. Gradually we are seeing more and more Linux gaming machines. If there is interest, there should be money to be made there now :0 @gamingonlinux Giving people their money back if they refuse to install a rootkit on Windows is also a no for #riotgames |
@gamingonlinux As a recovered League of Legends player, I think we should all see this as Riot protecting us from their own curse XD