Early access to the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta has been live for mere hours, and lobbies already appear to be infested with cheaters and hackers, despite Activision recently insisting it was working toward developing the most advanced and robust anti-cheat protections in gaming. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is the first entry in the franchise to make use of Secure Boot and Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (TPM), but the precautionary systems clearly haven't been enough to stop players from cheating on day one.
Late last month, Activision confirmed that it would follow in the footsteps of many other studios and require Call of Duty players to have both Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 enabled for the Black Ops 7 beta and its full release. This announcement came just weeks after EA revealed that Battlefield 6 players also needed to enable Secure Boot in their PC BIOS in order to play the open beta. The anti-cheat requirement often causes controversy among gamers, as many believe it is an intrusive feature that can conflict with certain other programs, such as single-player modding. Others, however, believe it boosts security in online games.
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