Game launcher installs Root CA certificate on your machine (2024)

The entitlement of application authors to do whatever the fuck they want on your machine is astounding to me.

Root CAs, background processes 24/7, uploading of the full process list, clipboard spying, local network scanning, surveillance (aka telemetry) - when did developers decide that our machines aren’t ours anymore?

This appears to be a server emulator for the defunct MMO Need for Speed World. My guess is that need they need to spoof the TLS certs and install local host entries to get the original game client to work.