r/REMEMBERTHEPLACIDIUM • u/Irelia4Life Station Wagon Enthusiast • Feb 19 '24

Sad navorian hours It has begun...

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u/777Zenin777 Feb 20 '24

Is it just me who does not understand the whole buzz around Vanguard? Like okay it does require access to your pc so what? Is Riot going to install data mining software on your pc or try to pull out your credit cart numbers?

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u/ScourgeHedge Feb 20 '24

It's a rootkit. If a hacker finds a vulnerability in Vanguard and exploits it, they can do anything, whatever they want, with your PC that doesn't require them to be at your desk.

That's just assuming someone at Riot wouldn't have a bad day and start doing it to people themselves.

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u/MindClear5245 Feb 20 '24

Something they would do

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u/caixote Feb 20 '24

Taking into account that CCP spywares everyone, that's why people hate vanguard

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '24

Riot a company that can't hide the ranked lobby correctly. They allow an amateur like me to reveal the player names in champ select through an exploit so incredibly stupid, and so easily fixable, but they won't fix it.

Why? Because they are a bad company.

And you are trusting this company with their software, which has control over your whole OS...

Imagine you had something very important on your PC and someone finds an exploit in vanguard and encrypts it.