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0 pointsgryn1y ago0 comments

yeah, I'm sure Genshin impact's creators went out of business when their Kernel access anti-cheat was hacked by ransomware or more recently the hacks mid live broadcasted tournaments (don't remember which game, I think it was apex).

I mean that's what kids, teenagers, and young adults and non technical people in general are known for: their prudence and good technical decision making.

lets not talk about the other risk vector that Tencent, a chinese company is the one buying most of these game studios that have Kernel access (not exclusively).

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dspillett1y ago

It doesn't even need to be a hack, or a malicious new owner taking over a game or other software package that has such access.

The original company could be malicious/stupid/both. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootk... for the most famous example of “both”.

MOARDONGZPLZ1y ago

I don’t know what that is.

dspillett1y ago

Which is the problem with games having kernel access for anti-cheat and <whatever-else-they-want-to-do-with-it>.

You don't know what they are doing in there. You don't really know who they are. Even if you do, corporate machinations might mean who has access to the facility to <what-ever-they-want-to-do> on your PC could change at any moment without your knowledge.

Most end-users are blissfully unaware of the potential consequences of these level of access (Games having kernel access, and browser extensions having all-sites/all-contexts access).

techjamie1y ago

Can you imagine if one of the big anti-cheats got hit with a supply chain attack? That would be devastating.

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0 pointsgryn1y ago0 comments

I mean that's what kids, teenagers, and young adults and non technical people in general are known for: their prudence and good technical decision making.

lets not talk about the other risk vector that Tencent, a chinese company is the one buying most of these game studios that have Kernel access (not exclusively).

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dspillett1y ago

It doesn't even need to be a hack, or a malicious new owner taking over a game or other software package that has such access.

The original company could be malicious/stupid/both. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootk... for the most famous example of “both”.

MOARDONGZPLZ1y ago

I don’t know what that is.

dspillett1y ago

Which is the problem with games having kernel access for anti-cheat and <whatever-else-they-want-to-do-with-it>.

Most end-users are blissfully unaware of the potential consequences of these level of access (Games having kernel access, and browser extensions having all-sites/all-contexts access).

techjamie1y ago

Can you imagine if one of the big anti-cheats got hit with a supply chain attack? That would be devastating.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse