Valve announced a change for Steam today that will make things a lot clearer for everyone, as developers will now need to clearly list the kernel-level anti-cheat used on Steam store pages.

Developers will be required to disclose if their game uses kernel anti-cheat. This applies to both new games and existing games. Non-kernel anti-cheat is encouraged to be disclosed as well, but it’s only mandatory for developers to declare if they’re using kernel anti-cheat for the time being.

It’s worth mentioning that many games use kernel anti-cheat on windows, but only use user space anti-cheat on Steam Deck and Linux.

  • A7thStone@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I think it’s absurd to think any anti-cheat coming from China isn’t actively spying on you.

    Our data has proven to be very lucrative. The companies that make anti-cheat are also the types of companies that would want to cash in on our data.