Originally Posted by Enceladus
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Thanks. This actually doesn't look as bad as I thought. The problem discussed in this thread is, that addons can request
RealID data of the user that is running the addon, not to anyone on the same server.
The danger is that addons can potentially pass on this information to other players without the user's knowledge, i.e. there is the possibility of "trojan addons".
This also means, this API function is not suitable for the addon that is discussed in this thread. Actually, I am pretty sceptic about the idea of revealing alts that others try to keep secret. I see that secret alts can be misused, but this is a conflict between privacy and security. I myself also prefer to have alts that are not necessarily known to everyone, for instance my auction house alt.