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How protected do you think you are from user space software you install?

Sandboxing on desktop isn't there yet, but on macOS and Linux it's possible to sandbox games such that they only have network access. If most games start requiring administrator/root access for anticheat purposes, sandboxing them at all becomes a non-starter.

The two platforms that most games don't run on? Most multiplayer games already require "root" access.

How protected you feel against cheats with a driver made by Riot Games?

I don't play that game but their anticheat is best in class. All modern anticheat that pretends to be effective has a kernel driver anyway.

But I was asking why people believe that they're safe from userspace software they install as that can read all the files and memory of processes of your user anyway.

People don't belive they are safe.

You can monitor every userspace software. You can't monitor drivers.

Most people would say there is a clear difference in security there.

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