An infamous Final Fantasy 14 plugin that MMO fans warned could enable stalking and harassment has now been shut down after those behind it apparently received a cease and desist.
Earlier this year, despite Final Fantasy 14's Dawntrail expansion adding new blacklist features to help combat issues like harassment in the MMORPG, it was discovered that the addition had made it so that each player had a unique account ID broadcasted to the game's client. Third-party mods and plugins could be used to essentially link characters to their player IDs, making it possible to track down any player's alternate accounts in the process, enabling stalking in the game. A prominent example of such was a plugin called PlayerScope.
