EDIT: We have at least one user claiming that EAC and BattlEye can NOT see what programs are running on your computer via proton on Linux.

EDIT 2: According to brucethemoose@lemmy.world with comment https://lemmy.world/comment/24738141

"Yes and no.

If you run task manager or something in Proton? It just shows Proton processes:
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But all linux process, and tons of information about them, are readable in the /proc directory. They’re just files, accessible to the program.

Try ls /proc yourself.

There’s nothing stopping anti cheat from checking that, if it’s configured to do it.

Which is pretty dang convincing to me.

If I have a good understanding, the Symlinks that Proton uses allow the games to view nearly your entire drive and see what software is running? Because Proton is explicitly NOT a virtual machine and merely a translation layer for Windows applications to run on Linux?

The reason I like to ask is because this is the general consensus, that Proton applications are not secure, but when searching online it doesn’t explicitly state anywhere if the games with EAC or BattlEye are capable of spying on Linux users. So I’m looking for confirmation on this.

  • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineOPEnglish
    12·
    8 days ago

    That’s really interesting and I’d love to see you debate the other users saying that they can’t do the things that you’re claiming they can do. Please inform me once that starts so I can bookmark the comments.

      • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineOPEnglish
        12·
        8 days ago

        Yeah, actually, user acorntickler@sh.itjust.works said:

        The reason that these games request kernel level access in windows is to see what programs are running currently. Does root access not give them the same capability on Linux?

        Correct. The difference is that they are not asking for root privileges on Linux.

        https://sh.itjust.works/comment/26345063

        • AcornTickler@sh.itjust.works
          4·
          8 days ago

          That’s not what I meant. The anti-cheat software with elevated privileges on Windows does not only see what software you are running, but also what they are doing. They inspect the used memory of the game and other running programs in order to detect cheating vectors like memory injection.

          As you have already seen in this comment, you don’t need elevated privileges for listing running processes. But you need it for further inspection.