Re: this:
It’s worth noting that currently the only source for “reinstall your operating system if you use anything with EAC” is a random Twitter account making guesses about what’s going on; all of the articles people are sharing are just quoting that Twitter account. It might be good advice for all I know and I’m not saying it’s wrong, but it’s certainly not coming from any official source despite sounding like it is. The anti cheat police department isn’t a real thing.
(Also lol @ literally any group or account on the internet that refers to itself as a “police department”; I’m gonna go ahead and say I’m taking its posts even less seriously as a result)
Coming back to add that PC Gamer changed the headline on this article thankfully, given that it (inadvertently, due to poor sourcing and poor phrasing imo) seemed to be calling on everybody who’s ever streamed apex legends to format their hard drive based on a Twitter rumor
See also: EAC says they aren't aware of it being related to their software:
