https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqLI1xKc-L4
This is why autists are fantastic, been curious about this for awhile and yeah, any of us who give a shit about the state of games should not be installing modern multiplayer games at all at this rate. I would not be shocked if even Valve get desperate about the cheaters in their games and they go all in on anti-cheat spyware. Alternatively they may end up officially partnering with face-it.
TLDR: It's worth than anyone thinks, this video gives context and detail.
yes, but pretty much every multiplayer game with auntie cheat is spyware at this point. this goes for vac, punk buster, easy answer cheat, and every Chinese gaccha on the market. they all have root level access to your computer, and pinky promise that they won't abuse this access.
don't put your private information on your gaming machine.