The "Oh hey look who got hacked today" thread!

[Melena]

Also, idk why I’m so annoyed about this but, if your computer gets bricked it’s not the sort of thing an OS install will fix. It’s “bricked” because it’s just a heavy rectangular object. In no sense does the word brick have anything to do with “it needs a factory reset”. Nobody factory resets bricks!

Meh, lots of people just use it as a general shits fucked till you fix or replace it.

And OS reinstalls fucking suck. Just switching to my new computer took me a few hours to get everything to match up with my old system

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[Meresgi]

Found this which actually explains what is going on unlike that article

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/...ame=androidcss

Vanguard doesn't have access to the type of stuff it would need to brick your PC

The thing that it's "bricking" is not PCs, it's the $6000 DMA cards that cheaters use to try and get around Vanguard. (Yes, cheating has gotten to the point where cheaters are buying hardware that costs thousands of dollars just to cheat at a video game)

Vangaurd isn't "bricking" the DMA device. What's happening is that a built-in Windows security feature is being triggered which prevents the device from being used for cheating. Any instances of PCs "bricking" seems to be caused by Windows and the Card having issues with each other and can be completely fixed by removing the card. The PC still functions otherwise if you remove the DMA card, and this trigger can be reset by removing Vanguard and reinstalling Windows on the device. So it's neither being bricked, nor is it being done by Vanguard itself.

The "6k paperweights" line is referring to the DMA devices no long being useful for cheating at Valorant, it's not jeering at cheaters losing their PCs. (Because again that isn't actually happening)