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.

Now if only they could more clearly communicate when games are playable offline.

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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??

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

So it’s a thing for most proprietary software.

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

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Not if you’re running afoul of the DMCA.

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