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Helldivers 2 community manager says internal discussions are ongoing regarding mandatory PSN account link (libreddit.bus-hit.me)
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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I know little about it. What makes this stand out? I am guessing kernal level, but is there anything else to it?

[-] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago

Helldivers 2 uses nProtect GameGuard, which is a notorious kernel level anticheat. It is notorious for being problematic to uninstall and causing issues on systems it is installed in (such as straight up preventing some programs from running or causing them to crash and other terrible nonsense that should never happen). Combine that with the fact it's ineffective and the game is PvE, and it's nonsensical why it's around.

[-] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago

Just search “Sony Rootkit” and it should be more clear why Sony issuing a new kernel level anticheat is not met with warm regards.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Those were the days. I never thought installing mp3 player software would give me a rootkit, but it did…..

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

The short version is that the anticheat software is very invasive on the user's system, and it doesn't even work to prevent cheating in the game.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Do people have to explicitly install this or is it another thing they're blindsided by like the PSN requirement?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Kernel Level Sony Data Breach in 3,2,1...

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