The World Cup is coming later this fall and game giant EA must be anticipating it will be a busy time of year for football-based games, like its FIFA series – and has prepared some “in house” and remarkably intrusive technology to protect its revenue streams.
And so, it is FIFA 23 that is the first to receive a new anti-cheat system for PC games called EA AntiCheat (EAAC). What makes this one special is that it is implemented at the kernel level – the very heart of an operating system.
For now, FIFA 23 is obviously top of mind over at EA, so the company said this week that the new system will not go into every of its games, at least for now – EA will reportedly be evaluating where to slip the EAAC on a “case-to-case basis”.
Cheats are described as tampering – but one could say the same about introducing anti-cheat patches into the kernel, where the level of system permissions means tampering can wreak havoc, both from the security and the privacy point of view....
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