Anti-Cheat Expert: Difference between revisions
mNo edit summary |
m Huge copyedit, still some more work I can do here. |
||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
[[wikipedia:Anti-Cheat Expert|Anti-Cheat Expert]] commonly abbreviated as "ACE" is an modular anti-cheat system developed by Tencent, that initially released in 2005 as a anti-bot solution for Free Fantasy Online. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Cheat_Expert</ref> | [[wikipedia:Anti-Cheat Expert|Anti-Cheat Expert]] commonly abbreviated as "ACE" is an modular anti-cheat system developed by Tencent, that initially released in 2005 as a anti-bot solution for Free Fantasy Online. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Cheat_Expert</ref> | ||
ACE provides cheat prevention for PC as well as Android <ref>https://intl.anticheatexpert.com/products/anti-cheat-android</ref> and iOS <ref>https://intl.anticheatexpert.com/products/anti-cheat-ios</ref> however the mobile versions do not run at the Kernel level and | ACE provides cheat prevention for PC as well as Android <ref>https://intl.anticheatexpert.com/products/anti-cheat-android</ref> and iOS <ref>https://intl.anticheatexpert.com/products/anti-cheat-ios</ref> however the mobile versions do not run at the Kernel level and operates less invasively than the PC version. ACE also offers server side solutions <ref>https://intl.anticheatexpert.com/products/economy-risk-management</ref> and moderation tools <ref>https://intl.anticheatexpert.com/products/content-moderation</ref> | ||
ACE on PC is a modular kernel level anti-cheat that allows game developers to enable or disable certain features such as the anti-cheat running 24/7 as well as add their own game specific checks. | ACE on PC is a modular kernel level anti-cheat that allows game developers to enable or disable certain features, such as the anti-cheat running 24/7, as well as add their own game specific checks. | ||
==Consumer impact summary== | ==Consumer impact summary== | ||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
====Privacy==== | ====Privacy==== | ||
ACE on PC is a kernel-level (ring 0) anti-cheat meaning it has access to everything on your computer | ACE on PC is a kernel-level (ring 0) anti-cheat meaning it has access to everything on your computer and therefore depending on the game publishers configuration it could be a 24/7 anti cheat similar to Riot Vanguard. ACE is also loads multiple drivers based on what features game publishers enable. Anti-Cheat Expert is owned by Tencent, which has strong ties with the Chinese government.{{Citation needed|date=2025-10-15}} | ||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
===Chinese Government Ties=== | ===Chinese Government Ties=== | ||
ACE is created by Tencent which has close ties to the Chinese Government and is bound by Chinese laws | ACE is created by Tencent which has close ties to the Chinese Government and is bound by Chinese laws. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Cheat_Expert</ref> | ||
===Technical Implications=== | ===Technical Implications=== | ||
| Line 37: | Line 35: | ||
===Privacy and Security Assurances=== | ===Privacy and Security Assurances=== | ||
==== | ====Consumer Response==== | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||