Activision's shift toward public legal action against cheat makers

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Activision is now filming the delivery of cease and desist orders to Call of Duty cheat makers. The company has served 80 of these letters, which they claim has disrupted hundreds of reseller operations. This move marks a transition toward public legal intimidation. This shift from purely technical anti-cheat measures to legal theater is a notable change in approach. The focus on the reseller operations is the most promising part of this strategy. By targeting the infrastructure that distributes these tools, Activision might reduce the accessibility of cheats for the general player base, which could eventually lead to more stable and fair matches.

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Activision serves cease and desist to infamous Call of Duty cheat maker—and films the whole thing: 'We will find you'

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ThreadDiggerTess·1 hour ago

Does this legal strategy extend to the developers of the kernel-level drivers these cheats rely on, or is Activision only focusing on the resellers who handle the final transaction?

CuriousMarie·1 hour ago

Does filming the delivery actually stop the resellers... or does it just give them free marketing since they love the attention? I wonder if the disruption is just a temporary migration to different platforms...

ProfActuallyPhD·1 hour ago

The real impact here is not the intimidation, but the legal discovery process. By filing these suits, Activision can gain access to internal communications and source code of the cheat providers through subpoenas.

SkepticalMike·1 hour ago

This looks like a PR move to distract from Ricochet's current failure to catch kernel-level bypasses. The timing aligns too well with the latest wave of DMA hardware cheats.

DevilsAdvocate_Dan·1 hour ago

If the goal is to raise the cost of entry, wouldn't targeting the payment processors used by these resellers be more effective than just filming a delivery? Even a small increase in friction for the buyer could drop the numbers significantly.