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Steam games will now need to fully disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by ampersandrew@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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Now if only they could more clearly communicate when games are playable offline.

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[–] scarilog@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

And you can't even check what it's really doing on your computer because it's a crime under US law.

Is this specifically for kernel level anticheat? Because this isn't a thing for software in general right??

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

It's a thing for any measure said to enforce copyright under the DMCA.

So it's a thing for most proprietary software.

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If anything reverse engineering is more permissible in the USA than many other places, IIRC

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

Not if you're running afoul of the DMCA.