In a Reddit post, a Riot employee elaborated on the change, which will now make the player's computer display a system tray icon anytime Valorant's Vanguard anti-cheat is running. From there, players ...

Update 04/28: Riot has responded to player concerns over Valorant’s always-on anti-cheat software, and has implemented a switch that allows the Vanguard system to be turned off while you are not ...