{"id":1489501,"date":"2026-02-07T17:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T17:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xuEoygN3PdNu5ya6oic7XY"},"modified":"2026-02-07T17:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T17:57:12","slug":"rust-devs-surveil-cheaters-like-theyre-playing-an-rts-game-every-gun-shot-every-message-every-dropped-item-every-kind-of-interaction-is-logged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rust-devs-surveil-cheaters-like-theyre-playing-an-rts-game-every-gun-shot-every-message-every-dropped-item-every-kind-of-interaction-is-logged\/","title":{"rendered":"Rust devs surveil cheaters like they&#8217;re &#8216;playing an RTS game&#8217;: &#8216;Every gun shot, every message, every dropped item, every kind of interaction is logged&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The worst part about getting matched up against a cheater in any game is knowing there&#8217;s not much you can do. You can send in a report, you can wait for some automatic trigger to ban them, you can curse the gods in a faith tradition of your choice, but no one with any authority to call out foul play is sitting there and watching you. Except in Rust, where they might be.<\/p>\n<p>At least, that&#8217;s how it is according to facepunch COO Alistair McFarlane, as he discussed in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Alistair_McF\/status\/2019846761553228135?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">a post on X<\/a>. He stated that cheaters aren&#8217;t safe from scrutiny when the admins log off, as they&#8217;re &#8220;watching when we&#8217;re not connected to the server like we&#8217;re playing an RTS game. Every gun shot, every message, every dropped item, every kind of interaction is logged, recorded and can be played back or watched live.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cheaters: We log off when admins connect to servers.Us: Watching when we&#8217;re not connected to the server like we&#8217;re playing an RTS game. Every gun shot, every message, every dropped item, every kind of interaction is logged, recorded and can be played back or watched live.\ud83d\udc4b pic.twitter.com\/h79A6n8JeL<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2019846761553228135\">February 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a reply <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Alistair_McF\/status\/2019859575642472578?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">further down the thread<\/a>, he explained that cheat reports go into automated systems that &#8220;analyze the player&#8221; before taking &#8220;certain actions&#8221;; &#8220;sometimes immediately, sometimes delayed.&#8221; He also noted that &#8220;dedicated staff are always reviewing reports, high reported accounts are flagged higher.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s sort of a vague explanation, but dedicated cheat developers are always in an arms race with the developers of whatever game they&#8217;re trying to disrupt, so it&#8217;s pretty standard to talk in generalizations that give players an idea of what&#8217;s going on without tipping off bad actors.<\/p>\n<p>Facepunch clearly wants to drive home that it takes cheating seriously. It recently <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/survival-crafting\/anyone-mad-is-a-cheater-players-are-divided-as-rust-beefs-up-anti-cheat-with-more-effective-and-invasive-upgrades\/\">announced a move<\/a> to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/battlefield-6-requires-secure-boot-to-run-and-its-coming-to-more-games-soon-including-call-of-duty-black-ops-7-heres-what-it-is-why-linux-gamers-are-mad-about-it-and-how-to-enable-it\/\">Secure Boot and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) requirements<\/a> that, while opt-in for now, are likely to become mandatory at some point. Cheating has been <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/rust-event-cancelled\/\">a deep thorn in the game&#8217;s side<\/a> for ages and is the reason the game isn&#8217;t coming to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/survival-crafting\/rust-developer-has-no-plans-for-linux-or-proton-support-says-games-that-support-them-are-not-serious-about-anti-cheat\/\">Linux<\/a>. Whether you think measures like this are invasive or merely doing what&#8217;s required, they&#8217;re <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/according-to-experts-on-kernel-level-anticheat-two-things-are-abundantly-clear-1-its-not-perfect-and-2-its-not-going-anywhere\/\">seemingly here to stay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"ad32f863-ff3f-44fe-82ad-af3fa82048bf\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rust-devs-surveil-cheaters-like-theyre-playing-an-rts-game-every-gun-shot-every-message-every-dropped-item-every-kind-of-interaction-is-logged.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"ad32f863-ff3f-44fe-82ad-af3fa82048bf\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/survival-crafting\/rust-devs-surveil-cheaters-like-theyre-playing-an-rts-game-every-gun-shot-every-message-every-dropped-item-every-kind-of-interaction-is-logged\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The worst part about getting matched up against a cheater in any game is knowing there&#8217;s not much you can do. You can send in a report, you can wait for some automatic trigger to ban them, you can curse the gods in a faith tradition of your choice, but no one with any authority to call out foul play is sitting there and watching you. Except in Rust, where they might be. At least, that&#8217;s how it is according to facepunch COO Alistair McFarlane, as he discussed in a post on X. He stated that cheaters aren&#8217;t safe from scrutiny when the admins log off, as they&#8217;re &#8220;watching when we&#8217;re not connected to the server like we&#8217;re playing an RTS game. Every gun shot,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/rust-devs-surveil-cheaters-like-theyre-playing-an-rts-game-every-gun-shot-every-message-every-dropped-item-every-kind-of-interaction-is-logged\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1489502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,9395],"class_list":["post-1489501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-survival-crafting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rust devs surveil cheaters like they&#039;re &#039;playing an RTS game&#039;: &#039;Every gun shot, every message, every dropped item, every kind of interaction is logged&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The worst part about getting matched up against a cheater in any game is knowing there&#039;s not much you can do. 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