True, but most people don’t sandbox their games, and while a userspace binary can’t usually get root privileges, it doesn’t need it to exfiltrate their summer holiday pics or health bulletin.
A good first step to mitigate this is to use separate gaming and serious accounts.
While I understand and empathize with your dislike of proprietary blobs (fuck you, NVIDIA), every game is a huge blob unless you’re playing FOSS games exclusively.
The changes to gameplay that Nightdive did are in line with the original and actually make it a better game.
I enjoyed the fact that enemies now can dodge your shots and drop down from platforms to chase you.
True, but most people don’t sandbox their games, and while a userspace binary can’t usually get root privileges, it doesn’t need it to exfiltrate their summer holiday pics or health bulletin.
A good first step to mitigate this is to use separate gaming and serious accounts.