Denuvo!Anticheat program safe?

[Bartzabel]

Is this anticheat program safe which you need for multiplayer?

[^;..;^ | ViralOmega]

There are a couple threads here of users reporting cheaters so its clearly not working.

[GeneralGamePlaying]

Safe? It's a kernel level anti cheat program. Kernel Level literally means alarm bells, security-wise. Intrusive program, but also high risk potential for third party attackers.

But maybe you are worried about other kind of threats?

[Vanguard]

I despise denuvo with every fiber of my being.

[☢Uranio88☢]

It's super safe and It's super useful! With denuvo, game got no cheaters anymore in the game! Have you found them? Impossible! Then you spent from 50€ to 80€ for this "new" game, for this price anti-cheat is invulnerable!

[GeneralGamePlaying]

Cheating-wise, rest assured, it will stay cat and mice with cheat developers. I can't judge how good it is for multiplayer anti cheating.
The issue with client-side anti cheat is, that the cheater is in theory in charge of the client side, not the installer of Denuvo. Using kernel-level and DRM technique, maybe it's hard to bypass, but basically there is a million ways to bypass anything, because you can literally shape the entire system towards bypassing that very software. Of course it may very well be, that only one dude manages to after two years of trying.
Mainly anti cheat software belongs onto the server-side, but that needs extra resources spent, and brains and a server side in the first place (rather than a relay similar to p2p).

And that's also where i am a little bit sceptical about Denuvo, because i doubt that it is crafted towards preventing cheats specifically for this game series, instead focuses on detection of tampering with the game (code/memory), by employing the technique of tampering with your computer software.

[Skill_Issue004]

so why cant i report someone in game as i just gave someone 2 headshots (both with animations) and 18 bullets to torso with 1 animation to heart and another to intestines. he didnt die, but kept running at me head on and then stood infront of me and point blank shot me in the face and i die to the same shot he had twice.

[The Bro]

This game is the first time I've seen the Denuvo performance issues others have claimed it causes - the stuttering is out of control after playing this game for a while.

Can't imagine they'll be around indefinitely if THIS is their product.