Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Worse even, there are developments re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cheating</span></a> which involve using <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"</em> to merely <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/aimbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aimbot</span></a> / a player into making hits, including stochastic delays and inaccuracy to hide it.</p><ul><li>I know from a reliable source that this - alongside existing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cheating</span></a> problems - is why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Valve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Valve</span></a> only considers <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ServerSideAnticheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ServerSideAnticheat</span></a> as reliable as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClientSideAnticheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClientSideAnticheat</span></a> is impossible to enforce outside of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GameConsoles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameConsoles</span></a> like the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XboxOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XboxOne</span></a> ¹! </li></ul><p>This doesn't even account for the fact that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> isn't a good platform to do these <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a>-style <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kernelhack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kernelhack</span></a>|s but also that trying to do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClientSide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClientSide</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Anticheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anticheat</span></a> isn't worth the hassle.</p><ul><li>Which is why Valve works hard on <em>"AI"-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cheat</span></a> detection</em> in a way <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CreditCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreditCard</span></a>|s is being combatted through <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/plausibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plausibility</span></a> checks and per-transaction risk assessment.</li></ul><p>The whole <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CSGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSGO</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CS2</span></a> <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Overwatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Overwatch</span></a>"</em> basically amounts to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>training</span></a> (alongside with the existing footage of <em>"known good"</em> and <em>"known bad"</em> examples) of those <em>"AI" efforts</em>!</p><ul><li>Simply because with every gameplay they are able to collect metrics and will automatically flag games if someone were to suddenly have an extremely good K/D.</li></ul><p>This is also why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ranking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ranking</span></a> is enforced in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Competitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Competitive</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Multiplayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Multiplayer</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CounterStrike2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CounterStrike2</span></a> and why Valve yeeted <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/smurf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smurf</span></a>"-accounts</em> because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/smurfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smurfing</span></a> taints their dataset.</p><p>¹ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7VwtOrwceo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=U7VwtOrwceo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>