SE Please start caring about your players privacy.

[Archmortal]

I was never under the illusion this community was some magical place where everyone was besties.

The implication was that with the kind of massive player influx FFXIV got, a lot of baggage came with it. The blacklist change happened because the devs are conscious of that baggage and balancing it against player safety. Unfortunately the devs were NOT conscious of basic data security practices.

[programcanaan]

in a step towards undoing some of the damage done by the mod they should remove retainer names from the marketplace. Another good privacy QoL option should being able to craft things without a signature(no one would be able to stalk the crafter or flip something with their name on it).

[Rehayem]

The JP community is more concerned about this tool mainly because stalking in Japan is quite a big issue, many even opting out from logging in until SE steps in to respond or do something.

in a step towards undoing some of the damage done by the mod they should remove retainer names from the marketplace. Another good privacy QoL option should being able to craft things without a signature(no one would be able to stalk the crafter or flip something with their name on it).

Unfortunately this wouldn't stop the tool from pinpointing exactly whose retainer it is and to which character it belongs. It was specifically created for this purpose, and because there's a unique ID on all game accounts, even if SE did this, the tool will still know it's your retainer.

[Nagi-Dantes]

Hello, I would like to apologize from the Japan forum.
I'm using Google Translate, so I'm sorry if the English translation isn't very good.
The operators are currently enjoying mahjong and karaoke on a video distribution site called Nico Nico Douga.
To be more precise, the official event "New Year Doma Mahjong Tournament 2025" was being held, but there was no particular mention of this matter.

[Rehayem]

Hello, I would like to apologize from the Japan forum.
I'm using Google Translate, so I'm sorry if the English translation isn't very good.
The operators are currently enjoying mahjong and karaoke on a video distribution site called Nico Nico Douga.
To be more precise, the official event "New Year Doma Mahjong Tournament 2025" was being held, but there was no particular mention of this matter.

Thank you for the information, the English is great, no worries about that.

Unfortunately, I don't think mentioning this matter in that event would be a good idea at all. At most, I would have hoped for Square Enix to make an official post how will they tackle this issue. Waiting for Producer's Live Letter would simply allow the panic to die down and allow the tool developer to continue his work, going under the radar. Square Enix has to act now, while the heat is still on.

[Violet]

I am a Japanese player.
I am using a translator, so there may be some inaccuracies or rudeness in my writing.
First of all, I would like to say that I am disappointed that the management is aware of this situation and yet enjoys playing mahjong as if nothing happened. (Some may feel that there is nothing wrong with enjoying mahjong).
My personal impression is that many people do not see this as a problem because they do not properly understand the current state of this tool. It also seems that some people want to trivialize this situation.
(Of course, I think those who come to post on the forum are aware of the current situation.)
However, if you make a comment sharing a problem that is currently understood, it will be deleted by the moderators.
I have the impression that texts written by foreign players on the forum are less likely to be deleted, so I would appreciate it if you could come and write here as well.

[Rehayem]

I am a Japanese player.
I am using a translator, so there may be some inaccuracies or rudeness in my writing.
First of all, I would like to say that I am disappointed that the management is aware of this situation and yet enjoys playing mahjong as if nothing happened. (Some may feel that there is nothing wrong with enjoying mahjong).
My personal impression is that many people do not see this as a problem because they do not properly understand the current state of this tool. It also seems that some people want to trivialize this situation.
(Of course, I think those who come to post on the forum are aware of the current situation.)
However, if you make a comment sharing a problem that is currently understood, it will be deleted by the moderators.
I have the impression that texts written by foreign players on the forum are less likely to be deleted, so I would appreciate it if you could come and write here as well.

Thank you for your comment.

However, our posts tend to get "shadow deleted", meaning there's no comment for the reason as to "why". There was a previous thread about this topic, and it got entirely deleted. Moderators didn't give any comment as to why, didn't close it -- just deleted it. A lot of comments in this thread have been removed as well (mine included) if we mention the tool by its name.

Unfortunately, if Square Enix isn't willing to listen to either side (West or JP players), we're actually facing quite dire situation that will exponentially get worse.

[Final-Fantasy]

Well, Yoshi-P is going to be taking a stroll through the lion's den on the 24th of January.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...5cc5a35fa023aa

He has a special guest, too. I almost died.

Maybe we can politely get his attention, on this matter, in-game.

Or find out his Alt character names, <cough>.

The silence over this matter is deafening (from SE) and doesn't look good.

[Wyssahtyn]

Well, Yoshi-P is going to be taking a stroll through the lion's den on the 24th of January.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...5cc5a35fa023aa

He has a special guest, too. I almost died.

Maybe we can politely get his attention, on this matter, in-game.

Or find out his Alt character names, <cough>.

The silence over this matter is deafening (from SE) and doesn't look good.

reminder that the director didn't think rmt was real until he got a rmt spam tell in game.

[programcanaan]

Unfortunately this wouldn't stop the tool from pinpointing exactly whose retainer it is and to which character it belongs. It was specifically created for this purpose, and because there's a unique ID on all game accounts, even if SE did this, the tool will still know it's your retainer.

Of course it wouldn't stop the tool that would require a professional marketboard revamp (not happening with anything lol). Removing names from marketboard could make it feel less personal possibly preventing pursuit before it happens. People are emotional and unpredictable when an obstacle has a name or a face they now have an adversary not just a challenge and based on their own personal experiences they're going to formulate an obsession to their target. Plus on the flip side names on the marketboard have been used to taunt other sellers as well (also not cool).

Prevention is worth a pound of cure after all. The tool developer even claims that creation was inspired by MB issues (if that's even true but it's probably true for some). That being said mitigating factors that may motivate one to pursue is still very important.