Rusty Corgi :chicagostar: on Nostr: It still blows my mind that Windows lets you just straight up install a rootkit like ...
It still blows my mind that Windows lets you just straight up install a rootkit like a normal program
"You wanna install this game? Here's kernel-level anti-cheat. It's gonna spy on everything you do. Have fun."
Like. Is the security model on Windows just completely fucked?
How does it just let you do that? Also, the only way to get something similar on Linux would be a custom kernel or a DKMS module, right?
#Windows #Linux #Gaming
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