I am afraid such solution will be just a temporary annoyance, because they will figure out something is odd sooner or later and will find a workaround without any risks. There are much harsher penalties to cheaters with banning them swiftly - they will need to buy the game again or even change the hardware, if the ban will be made to a specific hardware fingerprint on top of that. Another nasty solution is to ban them with a random delay after the detection and place them onto the servers with other detected cheaters meanwhile - let them enjoy their own medicine. ;)
Good point, I agree that no system will ever be permanent since cheat developers adapt fast. My thought wasn’t to replace bans or hardware fingerprints, but to add another layer of deception on top of existing anti-cheat. Even if it only works temporarily, every extra hurdle makes cheats less reliable and more costly to maintain. In combination with strong bans, it could at least slow them down and frustrate them. :)
