The Windows OS Thread - Formerly THE OS for gamers and normies, now sadly ruined by Pajeets

[ZMOT]

The issue is not really the anticheat itself in the sense of Epic/Valve/Mihoyo spying on you. It's more that kernel level anticheat is a RING 0 DRIVER that TALKS TO SHIT ON THE BAREBACK INTERNET. So it's very often a target for malicious actors who, if they find an exploit in it, can basically get total control of your system remotely.

Anyway, you shouldn't play those games because they're slop. The anticheat is a good secondary reason but not one of these modern games with anticheat is worth playing.

not that it matters much, if you willingly run any software locally most windows users do so with admin permission and without any firewall or other checks. ring 0 makes zero difference in this case.
same people btw that are used to download random programs off the internet...

Does anyone else have games that use kernal level anticheat, alot of youtube fags say you should not play those games becaues the anti-cheat operates at the highest security level on your computer but I don't know if its just paranoia.

like everything when it comes to security, what could they gain and what price? could they backdoor your computer? yeah sure, so from most people they'd get their porn browsing habit and what they write in discord (most people don't play on their work pc). now contrast that to the PR hit, let alone legal shitstorm that will follow.

TLDR: it's not worth it given the possible data.

besides, if they want that data it's much easier to scrape it during transit (where do you think your internet backend hardware comes from?) or your phone you most likely also do business with. and if all that fails they'll just buy it, grab it from the companies they're a shareholder of or whatever agent they have embedded in government and academia.

 

[The Ugly One]

Anyway, you shouldn't play those games because they're slop.

Helldivers II is the greatest game of all time, actually.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

A Windows Insider user discovers an undocumented ‘Shared audio’ feature in the latest build — quick setting allows you to play audio through multiple outputs

At the moment, Windows does not support a native way of outputting audio to multiple different devices. A workaround involving the built-in Stereo Mix feature often does not work and can result in unwanted audio feedback. There are some third-party apps you can download, like OBS, Voicemeeter, or Audio Router, but they can get complicated and a bit too difficult for most people who simply want to share their audio experience.