Anti-cheat engines are now requiring users to have Secure Boot and a fTPM enabled in order to play online multiplayer games. Will this decrease the amount of cheating, or is it a futile attempt at curbing an ever-growing problem?

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Anti-cheat engines are now requiring users to have Secure Boot and a fTPM enabled in order to play online multiplayer games. Will this decrease the amount of cheating, or is it a futile attempt at curbing an ever-growing problem?

  • Crozekiel@lemmy.zipEnglish
    32·
    10 hours ago

    None of this is actually about cheating. All of these companies want control over as many people as they can get their grubby fat fingers around.