Final Fantasy 14 mod that collects your data could be banned by Square Enix

A Final Fantasy 14 mod called PlayerScope will possibly be the target of legal action from Square Enix. In a new statement, the MMORPG's director Naoki Yoshida, better known as 'Yoshi-P,' warns players about third-party tools that can be used to obtain their player data. It follows growing concern in the FF14 community about the increasing use of PlayerScope, which can collect a large amount of information connected to a player's account including the names of all their characters, statistics about their playtime, and even data on which areas of the game they have visited.

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