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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It doesn't just do nothing. They know for sure it does nothing, is not theoretically capable of doing more than nothing to prevent cheating, and that it is a giant security hole.

They just don't care, because it lets them install a rootkit on your computer.

[–] paraphrand 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Oh, so it does nothing, and it’s a conspiracy to rootkit your computer so they can do other things(?). I see.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It does nothing to prevent cheating because cheating does not require access to your computer.

The fact that they're rootkits is not a conspiracy. It's not a secret that they have kernel access.