He stated that Vanguard is an invasive piece of tech that's effective at what it's designed to do. Source: Riot Games (Image credit: Source: Riot Games)įorrester analyst William McKeon-White shared his thoughts on the matter. This brings us back to the 'invasive' aspect of the new tool utilized by Riot Vanguard, the software security guard for Valorant. Over on Twitter, many argued that Valorant's new TPM 2.0 and secure boot requirements will be toppled just like any other anti-cheat or hardware ID measure, making the new requirement an empty threat.įurthermore, many people stated they weren't fans of kernel-level anti-cheat measures. However, there is a contingent of gamers, and general onlookers, who see issues with the TPM obstacle, labeling it as either ineffectual or invasive. 'Obviously, they'll want to make sure they're getting the right systems (players) banned, but this tech is one way to raise the stakes on cheaters, and I have zero problem with that, and I don't think that most mainstream gamers do either.'

'I'm not a security expert, and perhaps in time hackers will find some workaround, but for now, it appears that TPM 2.0 and secure boot will be leveraged by Riot Games to permanently ban systems that have found to be using cheatware that violates the game's EULA,' Ward said.

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