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Andy Edser

Microsoft's updated anti-cheating measures go far beyond Secure Boot, including 'Remote Attestation' for online system verification

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 multiplayer.

I think most of us would agree that cheating is a scourge upon multiplayer gaming. Anyone who's seen a blatant wallhacker or obviously-bot-assisted player rampaging their way across the map like Rambo after too much sugar would likely agree that something should be done. Well, Microsoft appears to be doing that something, as it's laid out its latest anti-cheating features alongside the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.

Microsoft's four-pronged attack on cheating has two points you'll likely already be familiar with. The first is a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0, which many of you will recognise from the whole Windows 11 unsupported machine upgrade fiasco. The second is Secure Boot, which you may also recognise from the Battlefield 6, err, fiasco, as it needs to be properly enabled on your machine before you can play the game.

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