Would you be opposed to SE implementing a program to scan for addons/parsers?

[Katish]

No it can't, anticheat only focuses on
-what you're currently running in the task manager
-what's touching the game's install folder
-what's touching the game's memory
-encrypting and preventing decryption/snooping on network packets the game uses
Anticheat doesn't go in and snoop around your computer. People have some strange ideas about what anticheat is

Can't really give absolutes here, it depends on the implementation. I know some corporation that are very sleazy with what they do explicitly and some corporations that not only make the comparison on your data but store it (even if it's implicitly)...now this data is a security compromise to the user [depending on what data is stored].

If the error they throw is by recursive means, meaning not direct, that means anything is fair game. If they get too direct, then it can't stand the test of time. I would not like an anti-cheat solely based on the reason if they do what other companies do (that is a heartbeat check), then anything can throw a false positive and you'll have yet another reason getting kicked from the game (outside of the common crash occurrences that may happen or faulty connections). And not to mention, these checks aren't free from performance loss, so it would be at the expense of the user.