Pokemon Go Tracker FastPokeMap Succeeded to Break Pokemon Go Encryption

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It is done. The creator of FastPokeMap just announced that the final piece of the new encryption Niantic released on October 7 has been cracked. It was not developer of FastPokeMap himself who succeeded to reverse engineer the final hash algorithm. A developer identified as elfin did it.

Update: The FastPokeMap team is making good progress and the Pokemon Go tracker is still on track to go online somewhen late Sunday. The team is getting ready to slowly bring back the web service once a closed beta test is successful.

"elfin got a successful scan, i head home and i start integrating his solution to FPM. so now it"s not about bypassing security, it"s about applying the new algorithm to FPM"s old code. which can be a bit tricky. which is why i"m not saying tonight, I actually have to repay for all the servers and bring everything back online too, zzzzzzzzzzz my wallet gonna hurt haha so now it"s just captcha left and that is "easy" to bypass," posted the developer of FastPokeMap on Discord. Below is the moment of the first successful Pokemon scan. It was a Rattata.

The new security hack will be shared with the 3rd party developer community. The FastPokeMap developer announced to share the solution a couple days ago when other developers started to support the effort of reverse engineering the new security.

There is though a big caveat. The current way the encryption is circumvented requires to run Pokemon Go app binaries. The FastPokeMap creator warns on reddit that running a Pokemon Go map scanner based on his crack is 100% not legal.

"You didn"t break any law before for hosting a map, because you used a reverse engineered code that was there for interoperability which was 100% legal. The current way we did the ping is 100% not legal, we"re using PoGO"s binary to do the hashing for us because it still isn"t reversed. Think of it as PSX emulators and BIOS, the BIOS part can"t be distributed freely. So be warned that the current solution is not really elegant," writes whitelist_ip on reddit.

This time the cracking of Niantic"s encryption took at least two weeks. The first time around it took only a couple of days for the 3rd party developer community to connect again to Niantic"s servers.

FastPokeMap will be working again first. The most popular Pokemon Go scanner could be online by Sunday.Soon millions of Pokemon Go trainers will be able to find Pokemon again in real-time. FastPokeMap will be more popular than ever when it comes back online as no other real-time Pokemon scanner will be working yet. The latest update by the creator of FastPokeMap says that the implementation takes 24 hours minimum and 48 hours maximum.

The breaking of the new encryption is not removing the Captcha security measure. Google"s reCaptcha is still something FastPokeMap has to deal with. There are two ways to solve the Captcha issue. It is not clear yet how FastPokeMap will implement it. Either they pay a service like 2Captcha to solve the reCaptcha or users of FastPokeMap will be prompted to solve captchas while using the scanner. It is also not clear yet if the new speed limit is an issue for FastPokeMap.

Running 3rd party Pokemon Go apps has become rather elaborate. There will be less apps and services going forward despite the demand from trainers.

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Pokemon Go launched July 6 amidst unprecedented hype. Pokemon Go has dropped dramatically in the number of players, but the games was so popular that the remaining user base is still huge and bigger than other popular mobile games. Pokemon Go had 15.4 million weekly active users according to a report early October. This is 4 times as many as Clash of Clans. Pokemon Go is also by far the fastest gaming app reach $600m in revenues. There is maybe a special Halloween Pokemon Go event.

Source: http://www.i4u.com/2016/10/116486/pokemon-go-fastpokemap-succeeded-break-pokemon-go-encryption

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"Pok�mon GO" Map Tracker FastPokeMap Going Back Online

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The person behind FastPokeMap, a third-party Pokmon GOmap tracker, has released a series of tweets confirming that reverse-engineering the API was successful, and FastPokeMap will be live once again next week or over the weekend.

The series of tweets also included an essay penned by the developer behind the map tracker, lashing a stream of light opprobrium directed at Pokmon GOdeveloper Niantic.

"I understand about a company trying to keep the integrity of its game. As long as it doesn"t hurt their user base that is," readsthe post.

The FastPokeMap developer opines that Niantic is trying to out-maneuver third-party Pokmon GOsoftware in an attempt to gain full control over the growth of Pokmon GO, even claiming Niantic to be "self-sabotaging" the app to do so.

For the developer, Niantic"s security measures are the real problematic aspect of the app, preventing people from getting creative with the codebase. Further along the essay, the developer lists a couple more issues, which the developer claims to be the cause of Pokmon GO"s diminishing user base.

When Pokmon GOfirst launched, it was hit with an overwhelming maelstrom of users, the sheer number of which even compromised Niantic"s servers to a degree where the app briefly stopped functioning properly. When the issues were ironed out not too long after, hardcore fans began coming up with their own machinations in order to get ahead in the game. Several cheaters were even banned by Niantic, much to the uproar of affected players.

Soon after, map tracks sprung forth, helping users track available Pokmon in their given geography. However, Niantic responded negatively to the presence of these trackers, telling users that the existence of these, while aiding the gameplay to a certain extent, still broke the rules of the game. Niantic shut down a large number of them as a result, to the dismay of many Pokmon GOplayers.

FastPokeMap was one the trackers that were shut down by Niantic. The site, pre-shut down, had been enjoying over 10 million daily site visits. It was one of the most popular map trackers available for the app until Niantic shut it down.

The developer behind the map tracker alongside volunteers got to work following the shutdown, managing to crack the API in just three days out of the planned two-week timetable. Pokmon GOfans should expect FastPokeMap to return once again next week or this weekend, as previously mentioned. Although the developer has found a stopgap fix, it"s highly likely Niantic will manage to shut it down once more.

"[D]on"t be surprised if your user base is tanking and don"t be surprised about the huge backslash from the community," reads the post.

Pokmon GO"s daily active users have significantly diminished overtime, though the app remains to be highly profitable for the developers. Niantic has recently updated the app to primarily improve gym training, alongside a under-the-hood update that brings slight tweaksto users" Pokedex.

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