@mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoAs Epic Games continue ignoring Linux / Steam Deck for Fortnite they're putting it on Windows Armwww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.cagaming@lemmy.zip
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkAs Epic Games continue ignoring Linux / Steam Deck for Fortnite they're putting it on Windows Armwww.gamingonlinux.com@mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.cagaming@lemmy.zip
minus-square@chrischryse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•3 months agoSo what’s so bad if it’s kernel level?
minus-square@Hawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-23 months agoIt is a potential security risk to the system and enables extremely intrusive control and surveillance. It’s basically a rootkit.
minus-square@Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoThey can’t even effectively prevent cheaters so I’m always suspicious what the real intent of these rootkits.
minus-square@chrischryse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•3 months agoYikes. I did not know that. I’m a Linux user but when it comes to talking about kernel stuff I’m like “what?”
minus-square@humandotexe@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoTldr kernel access is bad. You have a great personal reference point for this; you use Linux, and when have you ever needed kernel access regularly? What conceivable reason could a game dev have for wanting access to that? How could having that access be detrimental to your machines security?
So what’s so bad if it’s kernel level?
It is a potential security risk to the system and enables extremely intrusive control and surveillance.
It’s basically a rootkit.
They can’t even effectively prevent cheaters so I’m always suspicious what the real intent of these rootkits.
Yikes. I did not know that. I’m a Linux user but when it comes to talking about kernel stuff I’m like “what?”
Tldr kernel access is bad.
You have a great personal reference point for this; you use Linux, and when have you ever needed kernel access regularly?
What conceivable reason could a game dev have for wanting access to that?
How could having that access be detrimental to your machines security?