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Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu (www.theverge.com)
submitted 8 months ago by ForgottenFlux to c/technology
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The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu, which usually shows file recommendations, to suggest apps from the Microsoft Store.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 73 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Kernel-level anti-cheat" is just company talk for rootkit. I'll pass.

I doubt that it reliably stops DMA boards anyway.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

I posted this in another thread but it doesn't, DMA boards are capable of spoofing other PCIE device IDs which was one of the few ways vanguard used to detect DMA boards. Realistically the only anti cheat that actually works are replay based community voted convictions such as counter strike's overwatch.