Radars in Frontlines and Hunts - Any word from SE?

[Hulan]

This is exactly how it works now. The server only tells your client about entities in your area of interest, which is a bubble centered on your character with a radius of about 50-60 yalms. Radar apps cannot detect marks outside of this bubble because the client simply does not know about them.

Hmmm, I had considered the possibility. But in that case, I'm not entirely sure I see the problem - other than the obvious fact that it is a blatant violation of the ToS. Fifty Yalms is barely enough for a competitive advantage, and certainly isn't enough to allow them to just lazily stand around town. You could accomplish the exact same thing by being more observant. Don't get me wrong, against ToS is against ToS. On the other hand, I find myself wondering what the huge fuss is all about.

They could use application layer AES - or some other encryption - on the position data, but that would only last as long as it took some clever user to find the private key. If they're already limiting data to a medium range, there's not much they can do beyond what they have already done. Act on abuse reports.