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Lastest Riot Vanguard Update Can Brick Your Hardware (If You're a Cheater) (insider-gaming.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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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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[–] 15 points 3 months ago

I didn't want to play these games anyway. You dont have to keep convincing me not to, riot.

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