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Vanguard: a privacy concern for gamers
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<blockquote data-quote="RoboMan" data-source="post: 1086380" data-attributes="member: 53544"><p>Riot Games, developer of several games such as Valorant and League of Legends, says:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>All in all, Vanguard is Riot Games' anti cheat software, which is necessary and mandatory to let be in your computer, as long as you want to play League of Legends or Valorant.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]283318[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Security & privacy concerns:</u></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Vanguard has kernel-level access to your PC</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It must be running at all times, and if you close it, you must restart your PC before trying to play one of the company's games</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Data collection is huge, including key binds, key strokes, information about times you play, geolocation, ISP details</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Software can SCREENSHOT your entire PC if they think you're up to something</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Voice can be recorded and updated to their servers if needed</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The parent company of Riot Games is a chinese company, Tencent, and we know about chinese and personal information</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">According to Riot Games' terms and conditions, this information can be sold to third parties.</li> </ul><p></p><p>What do you think about this software that is imposed to gamers? Would you play these games anyways? Would you uninstall?</p><p></p><p><strong>More important: do you think that this software operating at kernel level could be a potential risk if a vulnerability were to be found and exploited?</strong></p><p></p><p><u>Nice reads:</u></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://tuta.com/blog/Riot-requires-kernel-level-anticheat#how-does-it-work[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://gamerant.com/league-of-legends-response-vanguard-pc-issues-anti-cheat/#:~:text=Vanguard's%20screenshot%20reporting%20system%20targets,privacy%20concerns%20in%20online%20gaming.[/URL]</p><p>[MEDIA=reddit]IndianGaming/comments/r9vl0u[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoboMan, post: 1086380, member: 53544"] Riot Games, developer of several games such as Valorant and League of Legends, says: All in all, Vanguard is Riot Games' anti cheat software, which is necessary and mandatory to let be in your computer, as long as you want to play League of Legends or Valorant. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1715284285349.png"]283318[/ATTACH] [B][U]Security & privacy concerns:[/U][/B] [LIST] [*]Vanguard has kernel-level access to your PC [*]It must be running at all times, and if you close it, you must restart your PC before trying to play one of the company's games [*]Data collection is huge, including key binds, key strokes, information about times you play, geolocation, ISP details [*]Software can SCREENSHOT your entire PC if they think you're up to something [*]Voice can be recorded and updated to their servers if needed [*]The parent company of Riot Games is a chinese company, Tencent, and we know about chinese and personal information [*]According to Riot Games' terms and conditions, this information can be sold to third parties. [/LIST] What do you think about this software that is imposed to gamers? Would you play these games anyways? Would you uninstall? [B]More important: do you think that this software operating at kernel level could be a potential risk if a vulnerability were to be found and exploited?[/B] [U]Nice reads:[/U] [URL unfurl="true"]https://tuta.com/blog/Riot-requires-kernel-level-anticheat#how-does-it-work[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://gamerant.com/league-of-legends-response-vanguard-pc-issues-anti-cheat/#:~:text=Vanguard's%20screenshot%20reporting%20system%20targets,privacy%20concerns%20in%20online%20gaming.[/URL] [MEDIA=reddit]IndianGaming/comments/r9vl0u[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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