A lot of PC gamers were frustrated when EA and DICE announced that Battlefield 6 would require Secure Boot State. This is a BIOS setting that pretty much everyone can enable. Moreover, the game uses EA’s Javelin anti-cheat system. And, despite all of these, there are already cheaters in Battlefield 6’s Open Beta.
So, below you can find a video that shows a wall hack and an auto-aim cheat. And let me tell you. This is a bummer as BF6 looks like a fun game. The fact that we got these cheats so early is alarming, to say the least.
Now I know some will use this video to say something like: “See, what’s the point of enabling Secure Boot?” And, to a point, they are right. Because, right now, BF6 feels like every other shooter out there (when it comes to its cheats and hacks). Every shooter has wall hacks and auto-aim cheats. But these other games don’t require Secure Boot.
So, what is Secure Boot? Secure Boot is a safety feature found in most modern computers. When it’s turned on, it makes sure that only trusted programs (like Windows and important drivers) can run when your computer starts up. Its main job is to stop dangerous software, like rootkits or viruses, from loading before your system is ready. It checks that everything is safe and approved before letting it run. So no, Secure Boot isn’t some kind of spyware from EA or Activision. It’s actually a helpful feature that can protect your PC.
What I mean is that turning on Secure Boot will not “break” your PC. The real problem is if your motherboard doesn’t support it. That’s something EA and DICE will need to solve. In reality, almost every motherboard that came out in the last 5–6 years already supports Secure Boot. So, this feels like a nothing-burger. At least in my opinion.
And I know. Sometimes it can be tricky to enable Secure Boot. However, there are already guides on how you can do it. The guide I shared in my previous article works. So, make sure to follow it. If, on the other hand, you don’t want to enable it, you can skip playing BF6.
EA will open the beta for BF6 to everyone tomorrow. And, since there are already hacks, you can be sure that some people will use them. It sucks, but that’s how things are in 2025. Every game has them. Even Tekken 8 had them.
All in all, you’d expect Battlefield 6 to be safer from hacks and cheats. The combination of Secure Boot with the Javelin anti-cheat should be enough to stop most of them. Well, that’s not happening right now. So, you can’t really blame PC gamers for being frustrated by this. DICE should up its game. Otherwise, what’s the point of using all these protections?
Stay tuned for more!
