fflogs and privacy

[Saraide]

As you may know fflogs doesn't work on an opt-in model: you have to actually register to opt-out and have your pages set to private, and in fact data about your character and performance is stored and displayed publicly without any consent for everyone unregistered. After seeing that fiasco with that third party mod exploiting the blacklist system, and fflogs also working on a similar opt-in model, this reminded me that I've always found this a little concerning in the first place.

I know SE has little control over external websites, but I do think they still hold some modicum of power into what that can declare "cool" or "not cool".

I'd respectfully ask SE if we can finally have a piece of their mind on this. Thanks.

I thought you just needed to put -fflogs-hidden- or something like that in on your lodestone.

[AmiableApkallu]

I thought you just needed to put -fflogs-hidden- or something like that in on your lodestone.

That is correct:

To hide your character on FFLogs, you don't even have to make an account. Simply log in to your character on Lodestone. In the Profile section of your character add the following code: fflogs-hidden.

This doesn't address the primary concern of opt-in vs. opt-out, but at least you don't have to register for yet another account on yet another website if you don't want to.