@riotgames, who is owned by Tencent, has a kernel level anti-cheat system.

This means that when you boot up your computer, this software is running, even if the game isn’t being played.

Tencent has been known to censor free speech and share data with the Chinese government.

More information here: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/g02ggb/valorant_anticheat_starts_upon_computer_boot_and/