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Secure Boot, TPM and Anti-Cheat Engines (andrewmoore.ca)
submitted 11 hours ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/35893414

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Anti-cheat engines are now requiring users to have Secure Boot and a fTPM enabled in order to play online multiplayer games. Will this decrease the amount of cheating, or is it a futile attempt at curbing an ever-growing problem?

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[โ€“] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Great article.

Probably a dumb question, but my mobo has an option in the setup utility to "enroll hash" and it seems to let me pick an .efi executable.

Can I just use that to sign any bootloader (or efi executable for that matter) I want, e.g. HackBGRT, GRUB2, and if so, would that allow me to play Battlefield 6, or would the other features like TPM attestated logs indicate the chain loading and flag me for a ban (or simply not let me launch the game) ?

[โ€“] deur@feddit.nl 5 points 10 hours ago

No, Windows anti-cheats will check specifically for Microsoft's keys in use.