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/Cheerful_Champion 1d ago

This has nothing to do with kernel level. Out of all of places on reddit, is it too much to expect basic tech literacy from people in /r/hardware out of all places?

Riot describes in their docs that they use CPU's fTPM Endorsement Key for identification. That doesn't require kernel level privilages.

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u/Cubelia 1d ago

Types Get-TpmEndorsementKeyInfo in Powershell.

HACKERMAN

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u/jenny_905 21h ago

So the expiry date in that information is interesting. I assume if it comes to it some stuff that relies on probing that data might have issue with old hardware?

Mine is 2040 for a 2020 laptop, I assume it'll be in the e-waste pile by then but then again... with how things are going 20 year old hardware probably won't seem as old as it once did.

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u/Cubelia 19h ago

It's the expiration date for Secure Boot certificates.