Steam and Epic should start labelling games that have kernel driver anti-cheats. I know Steam labels regular anti-cheats but people deserve the right to know if a game's going to basically install a rootkit onto their computer.
And to those saying I'm paranoid about that, don't take my word for it. Take Trend Micro's, who saw Genshin Impact's anti-cheat being used for ransomware.
https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/h/ransomware-actor-abuses-genshin-impact-anti-cheat-driver-to-kill-antivirus.html
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