Vanguard, the controversial anti-cheat software initially attached to Valorant, is now also coming to League of Legends.
Summary:
The article discusses Riot Games’ requirement for players to install their Vanguard anti-cheat software, which runs at the kernel level, in order to play their games such as League of Legends and Valorant. The software aims to combat cheating by scanning for known vulnerabilities and blocking them, as well as monitoring for suspicious activity while the game is being played. However, the use of kernel-level software raises concerns about privacy and security, as it grants the company complete access to users’ devices.
The article highlights that Riot Games is owned by Tencent, a Chinese tech giant that has been involved in censorship and surveillance activities in China. This raises concerns that Vanguard could potentially be used for similar purposes, such as monitoring players’ activity and restricting free speech in-game.
Ultimately, the decision to install Vanguard rests with players, but the article urges caution and encourages players to consider the potential risks and implications before doing so.
I don’t understand the Vanguard hate. Its one of the best anti cheats and unlike EAC it doesn’t take screenshots of your desktop.
Just use a separate OS install for games.
“just” :D More like hitting the uninstall button hard.
We could go through the hassle of partitioning our drives, installing another OS (and possibly paying for it), maintaining that OS, and rebooting to play this one game. Or we could just not install this game and say fuck that hassle.