Quote Originally Posted by tank2fish View Post
Anyone suggesting anti-cheat software either does not know or does not care that any information dealing with basic account security should not be left raw and unencrypted and handled purely client side. There's a HUGE host of problems and issues associated with various levels of anti-cheat software, things that you absolutely do not want to consent to having installed on your platform, and yet we have some big brains in this thread who think it's the answer?

SE should be handling sensitive information server side, or at the very least encrypting the information. The fact that some people are suggesting "oh use anti-cheat" instead of acknowledging the actual issue is beyond incomprehensible. Just because you think such a thing would stop SOME people, that still does not deal with the root issue of player safety. Sure, maybe you are weeding out some people who cannot find such a thing easy, but you are still allowing access to sensitive account data. You are not dealing with the core problem, you are suggesting a solution that does nothing to fix the issue.

Again, account information should not be raw, unfiltered, unencrypted, and sent to every client. It has nothing to do with whatever third party tools people are using and it has everything to do with how SE has decided to leave account safety to chance in the wind.
I am willing to sacrifice nearly anything to purge a segment of this community from the game forever. They're a festering lesion on this community. The solution may be imperfect, but if it gets rid of them I will call it a success.