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Lastest Riot Vanguard Update Can Brick Your Hardware (If You're a Cheater) (insider-gaming.com)
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Riot Games‘ kernel-level anti-cheat, Vanguard, has received an update that is allegedly altering system firmware to remove the ability of the user to access certain hardware associated with cheating.

Riot Games quoted one post discussing the anti-cheat, replying “congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight.” But how exactly does Vanguard’s new system make “paperweights” out of hardware?

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[–] [S] 39 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

Just another reason for me to avoid these types of games. These systems are notorious of false positives and bricking a users system, cheating or not, is going away too far and why they should never be allowed that level of access.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    If they brick your system, is it a fair response to brick their CEO and company property? I feel like that's the recourse here.

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