Reasons for the broken version?

[barteh]

I was curious about what's broken in the pokefarmer?

To quote the support thread:

A Pokemon Go client update has dropped.
Pokefarmer 1.0.81.0 will not work with this new version of Pokemon Go.

I might be mistaken but thought the previous release of pokefarmer was working with the latest Pokemon go client (1.1.1)?
Therefore there is no "new version of Pokemon go client", it's a broken upgrade of pokefarmer?

 

[Dyck]

Niantic has set a "key" which is called unknown6 to secure their software and block the traffic between our software and their client. Currently the devs are working on a solution to imitate this key. The key is needed to read out any information about PokeStops and Gyms. All features that aren't connected with PokeStops or Gyms are working.

 

[barteh]

Thanks for the update.
By the sounds of it this won't be an easy fix or a quick one :|
Is there a way to tell pokefarmer to ignore pokestops and only walk around to collect pokemons?

 

[Dyck]

Unfortunately there isn't a way to skip the bot mechanics. Sure it won't be easy but an update will definitely come because every security is hackable.

And as additional information: If you've bought PokeFarmer and you're affected by the maintenance, your time will be refunded.

 

[Zwox]

Niantic has set a "key" which is called unknown6 to secure their software and block the traffic between our software and their client. Currently the devs are working on a solution to imitate this key. The key is needed to read out any information about PokeStops and Gyms. All features that aren't connected with PokeStops or Gyms are working.

Can they just read out the Traffic between the normal Client (App) and the Server?

 

[Iceflier]

Can they just read out the Traffic between the normal Client (App) and the Server?

Not as simple as reading the data transmitted due to encryption that is setup.