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Steam games will need to disclose kernel-level ant...
Yes, so you don’t have to run a rootkit on a machine that you might file your taxes on.
echoangle
8 months ago
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I would bet 90% of people here have at least another laptop if they have a gaming PC, if you’re concerned about being compromised by rootkits, just do your taxes on that.
lostlogin
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So you own one machine and Rockstar owns the other?
echoangle
8 months ago
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Well that was supposed to be the deal with the PlayStation, too.
Dilettante_
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"Your computer calls me root too"
stavros
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There's nothing "just" about compromising one of my machines so badly that I don't trust it to file my taxes on any more.
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