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> Something tells me the kids writing lua scripts as aimbots aren't quite smart enough to crack a proper signature implementation.

They don't have to.

All they need is a signature of a valid firmware, and then inject code that returns that signature.

The "kids" won't be the ones writing the cheats. That'll be someone who knows how to write code that injects code into another running process, and then they sell the cheat software.

Blizzard tried for YEARS to detect a bot program for World of Warcraft called Glider. Every time they found a way to detect it, the bot engineers found a way to evade the detection. It was constant cat and mouse until Blizz sued the developer and had them shut down.

More back on topic, most of the cheaters are just script kiddies. There are only a couple that actually develop cheats, and they tend to be quite clever.




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