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by gclawes 2335 days ago
Unfortunately, richness of information is probably something they want to avoid, lest they give cheat programmers any help.

Not that I'm defending this crap, in my mind it's basically a rootkit that can snoop on anything in your system. Currently trying to figure out how to run games in a hypervisor.

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I get that, but it's not like a dedicated attacker can't find relevant information elsewhere.

If your adversary controls the hardware, you've already lost

Which explains why most of the moneymen in this industry push so hard to control hardware we've bought and paid for -- and in many cases built.