It isn't malware by design, but too much power and corruption and even the idea someone could access it from something like this is bizarre. Why you're defending it, I don't know.

Look at flock cameras. The idea to find a missing child or someone in trouble instantly is great, until police start using access to stalk women and their exes.

Monroe County, Florida: Deputy Lamar Roman used an ALPR system to track and pull over a woman he met while working security on a TV set.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Former Officer Josue Ayala was criminally charged and resigned after he illegally tracked his ex-girlfriend and her new partner's vehicles nearly 180 times. Another Milwaukee officer, Detective Chapman, was also criminally charged for using the Flock system to track a woman and placing a GPS device on her vehicle.

Software having kernel-level (Ring 0) access presents significant security and privacy risks, as it bypasses the operating system's built-in memory isolation. This level of access grants applications unfettered control over the system, meaning any vulnerability can be exploited to compromise credentials, hijack hardware, or cause system-wide crashes.

Posting this link here as well: https://nooneshappy.com/article/kernel-anti-cheat-is-an-overreach/