Steam store pages received a new Anti-cheat field. Disclosure is mandatory for kernel-level anti-cheat solutions. And recommended for other anti-cheat solutions (like server-side or non-kernel-level client-side).
The field discloses the anti-cheat product, whether it is a kernel-level installation, and whether it uninstalls with the product or requires manual removal to remove.
Don’t they mean malware?
No
I’m assuming the user meant all kernel level anti-cheat is malware
I’m sure they did and it’s not. Malware isn’t defined by its privileges but what it does.
Spyware steal your data, look the same to me
How do they steal your data? They also said malware
I’ve been a heavy competitive gamer for 10 years now, kernel anticheat has been an incredible blessing developed these last few years despite every non-player calling it malware. Meanwhile all the consistent players rejoice and newer players don’t have to deal with constantly wondering if someone’s hacking every single lobby.
You can see just how much this has directly impacted high elo League of Legends players via Riots dev blog after their implementation. The most notable:
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This comment is at best confusing and at worst an attempt at an insult. Please try to be clearer in the future, as well as be(e)ing nice.