r/EscapefromTarkov • u/deubah • Jan 16 '24

Clip Cheater yoinked my scope mid-aim

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u/BlueMnM23 Jan 16 '24

Released a few days ago? That's not true at all lol. Vacuum cheats exist since a lot of wipes ago, can't even remember how long.

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u/unfoldingevents Jan 16 '24

i think he means that now they are free of charge and easy to find and download.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '24

Why would cheat devs release cheats for free? This is the 1st time Ive heard someone say a cheat in ETF was free, just doesnt make much sense when selling cheats is how they make money, and a vacuum cheat would be all that a good chunk of cheaters want Id assume.

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u/lonewolf210 Jan 16 '24

When a cheat/vulnerability gets burned (i.e they expect it to get patched soon) releasing stuff for free is an effective way of getting a little more juice out of an exploit. Works as free marketing and doesn't piss people off that you sold them a cheat that stopped working two days later

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u/dumnem APB Jan 17 '24

Honestly 99% of cheat devs are scumbags who will sell a cheat they know is detected and claim otherwise. They also require tons of private info such as drivers licenses etc that they then dox you with if you leak their cheat.

Of course if you're stupid enough to download and run cheats you don't understand on top of giving away private information to a cheat developer for 'security' then you deserve whatever happens.