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Denuvo isnt anywhere near better than EAC. All this misinformation about TPM 2.0 claiming it harvests data at the kernel level is driving me absolutely nuts. its total BS.. and simply not true. EAC anti cheat already runs at the kernel level even without TPM 2.0.
And do you know why the cheater problem never stops? Because developers solely rely on software instead of motherboard security features: TPM 2.0 for permanent HWID bans, and HVCI plus IOMMU against ESP wallhacks, etc. These are hardware features built directly into the motherboard that you cant just spoof on the fly, but people keep missing the point.
I wrote a full technical proposal outlining how Behaviour can actually fix this using EACs native hardware security stack:
@grayrockjade said:
Public AI driven skill check tools must be addressed; they run locally as pure Python scripts, processing screen crops and sending virtual keypresses (
pynput) with 98%+ great skill check accuracy. With zero confirmed bans in over five years, these computer vision tools remain completely invisible to standard EAC scans. While ~95% of cheaters use pure python scripts, a small minority ~2-5% pair them with microcontrollers (Arduino Leonardo, Raspberry Pi Pico, Teensy) or DMA cards for hardware input emulation.Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney highlighted the limits of software only protection on open kernels:
"We don't have confidence that we'd be able to combat cheating at scale on a wide array of Linux configurations including custom kernels."
Under Linux, users can compile custom kernels to feed fake system data directly to the anti cheat, effectively running it blind. Similarly on Windows, cheat developers exploit vulnerable, signed kernel drivers (BYOVD) to operate at or above the anti cheats privilege level.
This underscores why hardware core security (TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, HVCI/IOMMU) is required on Windows, while Linux compatibility is handled safely via EOS token architecture (
EOS_ACCCT_UnprotectedClient).While server side authority is the indispensable foundation for blocking impossible game states (speedhacks, flying, zero cooldown etc), it cannot stop visual AI tools or ESP (Wallhacks) on its own. Visual AI tools read screen output, while ESP cheats read entity positions directly from system memory. Combining server validation with a hardware security stack (HVCI/IOMMU to block DMA memory reading) creates a truly robust defense.
Enforcing Easy Anti Cheats native hardware security stack requires zero additional licensing costs, operating directly below Ring 0 without granting the anti cheat deeper OS access or new kernel privileges:
TPM 2.0 is an isolated processor operating completely separate from the OS. During boot, the anti cheat
requests a cryptographic handshake from the TPM to verify system integrity before Windows loads.
Because TPM 2.0 relies on factory burned keys in the CPU silicon, a caught cheaters unique cryptographic ID is permanently blacklisted at Behaviour, rendering software HWID spoofers entirely useless.While TPM 2.0 provides the hardware core for bans, DMA cards are blocked on the hardware level by pairing Kernel HVCI with IOMMU memory remapping to prevent PCIe devices from reading or writing game memory.
External microcontrollers are identified via client/server heuristic timing analysis and Ring 0 USB descriptor fingerprinting. TPM 2.0 provides the critical enforcement layer: once heuristics detect the bot, the resulting silicon level hardware ban locks the entire system, making cheap microcontroller replacements economically useless.
Consoles and Linux/Steam Deck remain fully supported via EOS tokens, while over 95% of active PC gamers (Intel 8th Gen+ / AMD Ryzen 2017+) already own compatible hardware.
Sources :
Steam Hardware & Software Survey: July 2026:
https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/
Levvvel Anti-Cheat Market Database:
https://levvvel.com/tech/games-with-kernel-level-anti-cheat-software/
Levvvel Guide on Kernel Level Anti-Cheat:
https://levvvel.com/tech/what-is-kernel-level-anti-cheat-software/
Riot Games Official Dev Retrospective:
https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/dev/dev-vanguard-x-lol-retrospective/
Electronic Arts Official Security Report:
https://www.ea.com/security/news/anticheat-progress-report
Windows Central Analysis on EA Javelin & Secure Boot:
Tarkov Community Official Discussion:https://www.reddit.com/r/EscapefromTarkov/comments/nytqld/hackers_in_tarkov/
Reddit Community Discussion on TPM 2.0:https://www.reddit.com/r/computers/comments/1bmiobe/deleted_by_user/
Epic Games Developer Documentation (EOS Anti-Cheat):
Microsoft Security Documentation (TPM Fundamentals):
Microsoft DirectX / DXGI Graphics Pipeline Architecture:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3ddxgi/d3d10-graphics-programming-guide-dxgi
Epic Is Worried About Fortnite Cheaters On Linux:
https://www.howtogeek.com/784984/epic-is-worried-about-fortnite-cheaters-on-linux/