As mentioned before, Denuvo Anti-Tamper does not constantly read or write any data to storage media. DOES DENUVO ANTI-TAMPER AFFECT MY SSD OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF HARD DRIVES IN ANY WAY No. To do so would be of no benefit in terms of security or performance.
The doom thing wasn't Denuvo it was Denuvo Anti Cheat which is a new software IP the denuvo team tried out. No, Denuvo Anti-Tamper does not continuously encrypt and decrypt any data on storage media. While Denuvo could delay cracks for several days on. The recent Doom fiasco was the first I heard of it trying to run at such a high admin level. edit: according to commenters, yes, there’s a girl behind the repacking wizardry that Fitgirl does. Obviously tell me if I got any of that wrong, of course. The SSD stuff was never true, it doesn't intrinsically have administrator access to the machine, and it only runs as part of the game not as mysterious software installed elsewhere on the machine. I'm not defending the online check-in thing just describing what it does. Its implementation from the Developing House can cost up to 100.000 USD per. Poorly implemented, it can have performance impacts. Since then, it became the most powerful protection tool used in videogames. What Denuvo does (when implemented correctly) is defend the portion of the game responsible for DRM, and does periodically re-authenticate online.
There are legitimate complaints, of course, but a lot of the meme reasons are nonsense. Originally posted by Zunnoab #931:It's weird how much misinformation persists about Denuvo.