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Final Fantasy XIV’s controversial “stalker plugin” is taken offline after cease-and-desist threat as fans rejoice
Third-party plugins might or might not help you play Final Fantasy XIV (ignoring what Square Enix feels on the topic), but some of them, like PlayerScope, can create trouble with the community. The story of the so-called "stalker plugin" (for what it did) has now ended based on a message from the developer on Discord. This news will be music to the ears of all who don't want their data to go public in the first place. It's unclear what steps Square Enix might have added to the cease-and-desist letter, but it seems to have done its job. As of writing, the plugin has been completely shut down, and any version you might still find is certainly a clone and could also be malicious. The PlayerScope plugin has always been a major worry for Final Fantasy XIV players PlayerScope allowed anyone to find someone using their Final Fantasy XIV character name. This would reveal all the account details, including all other characters linked to the same account. The information was also on PlayerScope's servers, with no information on how it was used or stored. https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/1lfgia4/playerscope_stalker_plugin_ceases_development_due/ Earlier on June 19, Reddit user u/Registeredfor shared the screenshot of a Discord server where it was announced that PlayerScope's development and services are being terminated. The backend has been taken offline, and all stored data has been permanently deleted. All the files have also been removed from sites like GitFlic and GitHub. The developer has also announced that this will be the end of all kinds of support and development for the project from their side. It's been well-known at this point that Square Enix has never liked the use of third-party plugins, and the nature of PlayerScope makes it worse. Earlier in February this year, Square Enix announced that they would make changes to the blacklisting process of characters. While the much-maligned and controversial plugin has been delisted, we hope that no traces of user data have been exploited or sold to other parties illegally. The post Final Fantasy XIV’s controversial “stalker plugin” is taken offline after cease-and-desist threat as fans rejoice appeared first on Destructoid.
Third-party plugins might or might not help you play Final Fantasy XIV (ignoring what Square Enix feels on the topic), but some of them, like PlayerScope, can create trouble with the community. The story of the so-called "stalker plugin" (for what it did) has now ended based on a message from the developer on Discord.
This news will be music to the ears of all who don't want their data to go public in the first place. It's unclear what steps Square Enix might have added to the cease-and-desist letter, but it seems to have done its job. As of writing, the plugin has been completely shut down, and any version you might still find is certainly a clone and could also be malicious.
The PlayerScope plugin has always been a major worry for Final Fantasy XIV players
PlayerScope allowed anyone to find someone using their Final Fantasy XIV character name. This would reveal all the account details, including all other characters linked to the same account. The information was also on PlayerScope's servers, with no information on how it was used or stored.
Earlier on June 19, Reddit user u/Registeredfor shared the screenshot of a Discord server where it was announced that PlayerScope's development and services are being terminated. The backend has been taken offline, and all stored data has been permanently deleted. All the files have also been removed from sites like GitFlic and GitHub. The developer has also announced that this will be the end of all kinds of support and development for the project from their side.
It's been well-known at this point that Square Enix has never liked the use of third-party plugins, and the nature of PlayerScope makes it worse. Earlier in February this year, Square Enix announced that they would make changes to the blacklisting process of characters.
While the much-maligned and controversial plugin has been delisted, we hope that no traces of user data have been exploited or sold to other parties illegally.
The post Final Fantasy XIV’s controversial “stalker plugin” is taken offline after cease-and-desist threat as fans rejoice appeared first on Destructoid.
