What is parsing?

[Ranaku]

It is against the ToS like any third party software but SE will probably never use anti cheat software etc. that searches through your programs, the reason why they are against this i don't know but FFXIV has no anti cheat software, that's why some bots use/used teleport hacks in the past and why stuff like mods/shaders/damage meters can't be detected by the game since it's client side software and the game doesn't read what you have open and what else interacts with the game as long as it doesn't affect data that is send back to the server. Still ofc it is against the ToS and SE gladly enforces these rules when someone reports you.

[Naaura]

It is against the ToS like any third party software but SE will probably never use anti cheat software etc. that searches through your programs, the reason why they are against this i don't know but FFXIV has no anti cheat software, that's why some bots use/used teleport hacks in the past and why stuff like mods/shaders/damage meters can't be detected by the game since it's client side software and the game doesn't read what you have open and what else interacts with the game as long as it doesn't affect data that is send back to the server. Still ofc it is against the ToS and SE gladly enforces these rules when someone reports you.

Ok thank you This clears a lot of questions! I am glad SE enforces the rules! This gives me a lot of safety.