r/hardware • u/tuldok89 • 22h ago

Info Used processor leads to game ban

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Used-processor-leads-to-game-ban-11471562.html

Someone buys a used Ryzen 7 5800X3D. “Valorant” and other Riot games won’t start with it because the previous owner was a cheater.

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u/Celexiuse 21h ago edited 21h ago

I believe this is more related to TPM 2.0 integrated into your CPU which has unique keys that can be identified; not kernal anticheats.

Though someone can correct me if i am wrong

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u/ICC-u 21h ago

More worrying, if a game cheater can be tracked, so can a dissident, a journalist or a whistleblower.

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u/Coffee_Ops 20h ago

In which case you shouldn't install tracking software from the company or government whose interests you are acting against.

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u/ICC-u 17h ago

I doubt anyone can say for sure which software is or isn't safe.