David Gerarddavidgerard@circumstances.run
Oct 16, 2026, 11:45 AMif you really *must* play Fortnite on Linux, here's how to bypass Epic's EAC2 rootkit
https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog/p/epics-eac2-v2-seems-fairly-easily-bypassable/
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Dźwiedziudzwiedziu@mastodon.socialOct 16, 2026, 11:51 AM@davidgerard
You shouldn't play Fortnite¹, but you should know that Epic is now Epicly Stupid.1. I'd argue because od microtransactions and the associated environment.
Oct 16, 2026, 3:00 PM@davidgerard
So they are using secure boot to prevent Linux users from running a modified kernel, i.e. destroying the whole point of open source and the GPL. The very thing that some of us were saying that secure boot was intended to do back when it was introduced, but defenders kept telling us would never happen.