Instead of Banning Cheaters, Pokémon Go Trolls Them Hard
Instead of Banning Cheaters, Pokémon Go Trolls Them Hard
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
May 31, 20176m 40s
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Show Notes
Now that the generalized Pokémon Go craze has subsided, the more captivating effort to catch ‘em all may be game developer Niantic’s ongoing battle against cheaters. Its latest evolution: Not banning bad actors, but banishing them to poké-purgatory. As detailed by Pokémon Go enthusiast subreddit The Silph Road, a recent Pokémon Go update targets players who use bots to trawl the globe for valuable Pokémon.
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