Riot’s Vanguard reportedly cuts off DMA cheat cards, turning anti-cheat into a fight over who controls your PC.
Key takeaways
- If an anti-cheat update can turn a PCIe device into “a $6k paperweight,” who really controls the gaming PC?
- That is the uncomfortable question raised by Riot Games’ Vanguard update, which reportedly detects DMA cards used for Valorant cheats and triggers an **IOM...
- When does stopping a cheat become controlling the machine?
- The obvious defense is simple: Direct Memory Access hardware is not an innocent tool in this context. DMA cards plug into a motherboard’s PCIe slot and can rea...
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