“Successful disruption of the cheater community” — Battlefield 6 says its kernel-level anticheat EA Javelin has been a huge success, so dealing with Secure Boot was worth it

Ever since the dawn of online multiplayer gaming, cheating has been a constant issue that game developers have had to combat with anticheat programs that prevent or detect hacking attempts, and then ban the account responsible shortly thereafter. Many turn to third-party solutions like Easy Anti-Cheat or BattlEye for this, though some studios opt for first-party software developed in-house.

Games published by Electronic Arts (EA) use one such proprietary program called EA Javelin, noteworthy for being a…