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Vanguard takes screenshots of your PC every time you play a game. Every time you play a game a function is called to screenshot your PC's screen, in case Vanguard thinks you might have something suspicious, it screenshots your ENTIRE PC screen (all monitors).

Edit: Not trying to spread false info this was shared to me via a friend and there is other data to back up that this is real https://www.unknowncheats.me/forum/anti-cheat-bypass/634974-vanguard-taking-screenshot-pc.html

https://www.unknowncheats.me/forum/valorant/484475-vanguard-screenshots.html

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[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also any time you open a webpage in Windows, a nude photo is taken of you (whether you're currently clothed or not) and posted on your mom's Facebook.

My source for this is the same as OP's.

[–] Blxter@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A cheating website doesn't like Vanguard. Big shocker.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Or MAYBE, people who enjoy "hacking" (the actual programmers, not "cheaters") and go decompile/learn the inner workings of programs might have a better idea of what's going on? Just a wild guess.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm a professional software developer. The people hacking league of legends are doing it for money. Guess what kind of activities make money.

[–] Vanix@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As a fellow professional software developer, you are being silly if you don't think people do this kind of shit for fun.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Okay, do YOU honestly think Riot is taking screenshots from regular players and sending them to their servers?

Or is it more likely that this is propaganda stemming from people who make money selling cheats (and those who are convinced by those rumors)?

[–] Stitch0815@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago

Points at everything riot has ever done

Yes yes I think they do

[–] delirium@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Many people criticize that, but I can't really think of any non invasive solution to draw away cheaters, except making specialized device to play the game (sort of PS4 to play one single game only?), but pretty sure it won't take long for cheat providers to crack it as well... Sadly.

[–] reddithalation@sopuli.xyz 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

server side anticheat is the only ultimate solution.

all client side anticheat measures will have vulnerabilities that will be found and people will cheat. (look at DMA pci cards, for instance)

[–] baggins@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How would a server side anti-cheat prevent a DMA exploit?

[–] derGottesknecht@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago

Don't send opponents location until they are visible for example. That way a wallhack won't work.