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Re:Pokemon Go, Security, and Obsolescence by rickyc091 on Sunday October 16, 2016 @07:53AM (#12718203)
Yes, bots will most likely always find a way, but I think it's more about thwarting the casual users. If you could gps hack by simply installing an app more people would do it. By making it extremely tedious, the causal user won't be as inclined to do it since the time it takes to figure it out won't be worth it.

I don't condone Niantic's behavior, but I understand it.

Re:Pokemon Go, Security, and Obsolescence by mynameisvlad on Sunday October 16, 2016 @12:12PM (#12719264)
To me, it would make more sense if they weren't also banning users their auto-detection system thinks are spoofing GPS. A system which is fairly overzealous, might I add. I was banned for being in Japan, for example. One day out of the blue on my vacation, got the ToS violation notification which still hasn't been reversed, two weeks later.