The one implication that I (the author) should highlight for the extra paranoid - this exploit extends to ISP's and cloud vendors that traffic is routed through. Anywhere in the trace route can MITM. It depends on how much you trust those parties.
tried in some communities of gamedev to talk about security but i gave up. i think the main sentiment is not to care at all. so many games have or had trivial exploits. enabling mass cheating, harasment of other players (DOS) and more nefarious stuff. for people whwo think the mitm wont affect them... thats a silly stance. people hack home routers on massive scales. (another domain who doesnt seem to give shits about security)
Their's a really good argument for having a "gaming" os, Windows, and a serious OS , Linux on the same computer.
If League of Legends needs super admin mode, it's no longer my computer. I'm sharing it with Tencent. I can't trust them ( specifically a disgruntled employee) to not install key loggers and other really nasty things.
sim7c00|1 year ago
good writeup! thanks!
999900000999|1 year ago
If League of Legends needs super admin mode, it's no longer my computer. I'm sharing it with Tencent. I can't trust them ( specifically a disgruntled employee) to not install key loggers and other really nasty things.