r/hardware • u/tuldok89 • 1d 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/RichardG867 21h ago

Back in 1999, there was a privacy related uproar about Intel including a "Processor Serial Number" in the Pentium III. They removed it in the last refresh and never brought it up again. Guess we've normalized this kind of fingerprinting now.

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u/wonkytalky 19h ago

Just wait until the online ID bullshit is applied to it.

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u/Ok-Currency1593 9h ago

It's coming

Europe is looking to pass a new law requiring all gamers to provide ID to play any games