Why “anti-cheat” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
> Many games already disable achievements if you turn cheats on already. On steam, achievements are easily cheated with third-party tools. Which is good, the end game of the alt…
by account42 · Sep 2, 2026
> So your claim is that it's actually impossible to implement "efficient" anticheat on Linux? That's interesting. This is absolutely not my claim and it's a pretty absurd interp…
by rwz · Sep 1, 2026
I don't play For Honour, but I'm monitoring Apex Legends pro scene and I know that Respawn has banned Linux because none of the existing anti-cheat solutions were good enough an…
by rwz · Sep 1, 2026
I don't think this is accurate. Easy Anti-Cheat has supported Linux for a long time, many years before this. I doubt they were years and years out of date, updated, and allowing…
by toshinoriyagi · Sep 1, 2026
> made a change specifically to run on the steam deck No, they didn't, you don't need to lie. From your url: > EASY ANTI-CHEAT > Updated Easy Anti-Cheat client module and librar…
by flaunf221 · Sep 1, 2026
Except we already know the anti-cheat system they use works on Linux, because other products use it. Therefore we have no evidence that the blocker here is technical: it could b…
by stonogo · Sep 1, 2026
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On online games, cheating subverts the rules or mechanics of the games to gain an unfair advantage over other players, generally with the use of third-party software. What constitutes cheating is dependent on the game involved, its rules, and consensus opinion as to whether a particular activity is considered to be cheating. Read more on Wikipedia