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davispecktoday at 6:23 PM1 replyview on HN

Kernel anti-cheats are a fascinating example of security trade-offs.

They solve a real problem (cheats running at higher privilege levels), but at the same time they introduce a massive trusted component into the OS. You're basically asking users to install something that behaves very much like a rootkit, just with a defensive purpose.


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samgranieritoday at 6:51 PM

remember when Sony put a rootkit an an audio cd to prevent people from ripping the cd?