Please add something to FFXIV that disables 3rd party software interactions.

[Seraphor]

Most ppl who parse don't ask and don't tell. They just Kick you.

And if you're kicked without a reason, you can report them for kicking you.

[villadelfia]

And if you're kicked without a reason, you can report them for kicking you.

Not from a PF group. Their group, their rules.

if os.programs.any? { |prg| prg.is_reading_memory? }
return "stop"
end

You clearly know absolutely nothing about computer programming. Final Fantasy 14 runs without administrative privileges, and therefore it can't even query the list of programs that run with administrative privileges, let alone knowing if its memory is being read. And even if it ran with administrative privileges, bots can run using SYSTEM privileges.

Parsers don't even work using memory reading, they read network packets, which FFXIV has no way to detect since it is a passive process.

And even if they managed to solve all of that, you can simply run FFXIV in a sandbox and interact with it from outside. Keep in mind that at this point it would already be acting much like a virus does, violating the european GDPR and also possibly causing virus scanners to (rightfully) detect it as spyware.

If it were a simple problem to solve, it would've been solved a decade ago.

[NekoNova]

You clearly know absolutely nothing about computer programming. Final Fantasy 14 runs without administrative privileges, and therefore it can't even query the list of programs that run with administrative privileges, let alone knowing if its memory is being read. And even if it ran with administrative privileges, bots can run using SYSTEM privileges.

Parsers don't even work using memory reading, they read network packets, which FFXIV has no way to detect since it is a passive process.

And even if they managed to solve all of that, you can simply run FFXIV in a sandbox and interact with it from outside. Keep in mind that at this point it would already be acting much like a virus does, violating the european GDPR and also possibly causing virus scanners to (rightfully) detect it as spyware.

If it were a simple problem to solve, it would've been solved a decade ago.

I've worked on PlanetSide 2 and DCUO
But yes I clearly know nothing about programming.
You're not familiar with the concept of Sarcasm I take it?

[Paladinleeds]

You're not familiar with the concept of Sarcasm I take it?

Sarcasm doesn't translate well over text. And the way you phrased it, didn't give us any indication you were being sarcastic. Then factor in things like autism, which changes the way we process social situations, and you can understand why it would have been taken seriously.

[Granyala]

Sarcasm doesn't translate well over text.

It was pretty damn obvious to me and I actually chuckled.

[Paladinleeds]

And if you're kicked without a reason, you can report them for kicking you.

You can, but SE won't do a darned thing about it. In PF it's their party their rules. In DF, being kicked without a reason, it's just taken under the assumption of "Difference in Playstyle" which IS a valid reason to kick (GMs have confirmed this several times in the past, even though the option isn't listed in the vote dismiss window). It's only if they actually harass you or tell you your DPS/admit to parsing before kicking you that your report will have any credence.

You clearly know absolutely nothing about computer programming. Final Fantasy 14 runs without administrative privileges, and therefore it can't even query the list of programs that run with administrative privileges, let alone knowing if its memory is being read. And even if it ran with administrative privileges, bots can run using SYSTEM privileges.

Parsers don't even work using memory reading, they read network packets, which FFXIV has no way to detect since it is a passive process.

And even if they managed to solve all of that, you can simply run FFXIV in a sandbox and interact with it from outside. Keep in mind that at this point it would already be acting much like a virus does, violating the european GDPR and also possibly causing virus scanners to (rightfully) detect it as spyware.

If it were a simple problem to solve, it would've been solved a decade ago.

Ok, I've done software development, but even this is new to me. So I appreciate the learning experience.

[RoyalBeef]

And if you're kicked without a reason, you can report them for kicking you.

How? Are you guilty for initiating the vote? Are you also guilty for voting yes? How do you prove that there wasn't a reason?