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0 pointsbloqs10mo ago0 comments

so consoles are better

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How would consoles be any more immune to computer vision based cheating? Instead of feeding the output to a spoofed keyboard & mouse, you'd just be feeding it to a controller input. I'm not really seeing any difference in technical challenge here, and you wouldn't even need esoteric hardware since console controllers are USB devices anyways.

literalAardvark10mo ago

Since the hardware is better controlled and secured, and hardware attestation is a solved problem these days, it's not particularly difficult to enforce security to the point where you'd need to hardware hack a controller and connect it to a physical camera to bot.

That's still gonna be annoying for players, but it'll greatly decrease incidence, and if reporting a player for botting requires buying and hacking a new controller... It should be quite effective.

p_ing10mo ago

Controller-based cheats have been around for awhile, like Cronus which allows scripted actions; reduced recoil in CoD, for example.

literalAardvark10mo ago

Sure, but that's because they're not protected. They could easily be protected.

Der_Einzige10mo ago

Someone doesn’t know about the chronus zen or how big console cheating is!

Let’s just say that my finals experience isn’t the same as yours! ;)

armada65110mo ago

They are often more convenient and secure. If you don't mind a single-purpose device that severely limits your ability to modify your experience. Better is subjective after all.

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zrobotics10mo ago

literalAardvark10mo ago

That's still gonna be annoying for players, but it'll greatly decrease incidence, and if reporting a player for botting requires buying and hacking a new controller... It should be quite effective.

p_ing10mo ago

Controller-based cheats have been around for awhile, like Cronus which allows scripted actions; reduced recoil in CoD, for example.

literalAardvark10mo ago

Sure, but that's because they're not protected. They could easily be protected.

Der_Einzige10mo ago

Someone doesn’t know about the chronus zen or how big console cheating is!

Let’s just say that my finals experience isn’t the same as yours! ;)

armada65110mo ago

They are often more convenient and secure. If you don't mind a single-purpose device that severely limits your ability to modify your experience. Better is subjective after all.

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