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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Oh and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BTW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BTW</span></a>: The same people that fucked over <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SecuROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecuROM</span></a> created <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DENUVO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DENUVO</span></a>! </p><ul><li>At this point demanding <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DRMfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DRMfree</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> and boycotting anything with Denuvo involved at all is a matter of self- and mutual <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DigitalSelfDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSelfDefense</span></a> unless we want <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-wyIalhdPU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">shitty</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malware</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StarForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarForce</span></a> to become the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/norm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>norm</span></a>! </li></ul><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denuvo#Criticism" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denuvo#C</span><span class="invisible">riticism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DRM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DefectiveByDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefectiveByDesign</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://yiff.life/@koko" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>koko</span></a></span> Reminds me that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> works on improving <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/compatibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compatibility</span></a> with what I call <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2000s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2000s</span></a> Games</em> that fall in between a <em>compatibility hole</em> left between <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DosDox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DosDox</span></a> + simple <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wine</span></a> emulation on one hand and modern <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Proton</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DXVK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DXVK</span></a> on the other side.</p><p>It's basically a lot of games that run <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DirectX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirectX</span></a> 7-9.0c and require disc access or rather <em>patching</em> to just run because <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8ltfyqD3lM" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">garbage like</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SecuROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecuROM</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-wyIalhdPU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">and</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StarForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarForce</span></a> was allowed to exist!</p><p>Sometimes even cursed stuff with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Win16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Win16</span></a> installers but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Win32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Win32</span></a> game executeables.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eepy.moe/@julia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>julia</span></a></span> Client-side <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AntiCheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiCheat</span></a> is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> - period!</p><p>Thus not supporting it is a security feature...</p><p>Just like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StarForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarForce</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SecuROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecuROM</span></a>...<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-wyIalhdPU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=p-wyIalhdP</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8ltfyqD3lM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=u8ltfyqD3l</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p>
Pirr<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@unormal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>unormal</span></a></span> I hope their tools to enforce that license end up like <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/SecuROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecuROM</span></a> and <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/SafeDisc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SafeDisc</span></a> – not supported even by <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> known for being stucked in compatibility hell</p>