Patch 7.2's Account ID protection measures have already been circumvented

[Kaurhz]

im glad this threat reappeared after it seamed to go back out of earths orbit for a while



Im not trying to downplay the legitimate concern that people have here, and i know theres no NICE way to say this. but i think somebody has to say this, 99% of players in the game will never be effected by this, and honestly, if somebody wants to use a plugin this badly to stalk you, idk man id find it impressive i managed to get that popular.. just dont reply to them, black ignore and move on. its pointless to be upset about things you have No control over.

perhaps this problem should open SE eyes to the fact we need a 2 way BL system. i want to be able to choose who sees me. instead of sticking my fingers in my ears







literally, just, ignore them. this isnt going to go into IRL, you cannot link in any way a players account to their account information like name address ect. this is complete hysteria.
also this story has nothing to do with plugins, this is just an off-related case of somebody stalking somebody in the same country as them. people need to remember to exercise caution when meeting others online.

i agree players have a stalking problem, but thats because the game doesn't have a 2way BL system, if it did... people would actually take being BL much more seriously

1. It doesn't really if it affects only 1% of players. Generally you would expect a third-party tool to enhance gameplay or facilitate additional features. What the account ID facilitated opened up Pandora's Box, and if people are just going to feign "Well it only affects a small number of people" -> Then this is precisely what will give way for far worse tools to exist in the future. Besides, it's a matter of principle, why should someone else be collecting and processing data which many would deem to be a private or sensitive nature?

2. I mean this with all due respect, and not at all with offense, but you're the last person that should be preaching the choir about "it's pointless to be upset about things you have no control over" - Seeing as you yourself have made threads being just as upset as people here, and arguably over things of which you have absolutely no control over

3. My guy, it doesn't matter if it seeps into IRL behavior or not, people don't come on video games just to be stalked on said video game, or to have to look over their own shoulder on an alt character, because they had to abandon 1 character because of sheer ineptitude around enforcing the Terms of Service with respect to harassment and stalking. Square Enix does far, far little in this respect. Also, if you unironically think that it is absolutely impossible for this to propagate into IRL, then I really don't know what to tell you, even if you were to exercise caution (Which many do).