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Broken Wayfarer Setting: Codename Display for Wayspot Submissions
167383-ING
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There is a setting in Wayfarer:
Codename Display for Wayspot Submissions
Niantic may not display your in-game codename on your Wayspot submissions in Wayfarer and Niantic Games.
Since 10/29/2021 this has stopped being respected in PoGo. As far as I know it has never been respected in Ingress.
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Turn it on and off again
Seriously? That's hilarious.
Hi @167383-ING,
Thanks for sharing. Did the steps @Roli112-PGO provided helpful in solving the issue? If not, please let me know and I can bring this up to the team. Thanks!
@NianticTintino while turning it of then on again does appear to help momentarily, our codenames keep reappearing on wayspots in pogo, despite this setting turned off. This is unacceptable for a feature that we have to opt in consent for. Please escalate it to your team regardless.
Also, it only works for pokemon go still. Codenames still appear in Ingress whether it’s on or off.
Oh wow, turning it on and off legit worked... Was wondering why it was showing even though it was clearly off in the settings. Turned it on then off, trainer name instantly stopped showing after that.
Oops, this is the more recent one with a Niantic response, apologies for the double-post.
Works for Pokemon GO. Does not work for Ingress. I had a table that illustrates this issue, but that post seems to be gone now.
This is still not working in Ingress and Niantic are kinda passive about it. When presented with the issue through the Wayfarer Help page, they replied that they don't know why it's like that and that they can't do anything about it. But they're sorry... That's actually quite a shocking approach IMO.
I'm really quite concerned about my personal data being distributed against my will here, if I can be honest. I have chosen to turn off codename display for Wayfarer and my nominations for a reason, but it does NOT work. Not after turning on/off, off/on, nothing!
I live in a small rural area now and honestly I could do without other users being able to 'track' me through my Wayfarer activities.
I'm curious to why this hasn't been fixed and why this has been accepted to go on to begin with. This is a major red flag!?
Am I the only one who is concerned about the data shared against my will here?
@NianticTintino-ING I can see you were the last reply from the team - any news?
This should be kept pinged until answered.
It's not something that bothers me but either give people the option of privacy or make them aware their name will be visible.
Giving this option and then leaving it broken and put to the side shouldn't be acceptable.
I actually think mine is 50/50; it will not display my codename in Wayfarer if I have a featured nomination, but it will still show up on the portals, which is just the weirdest twist ever?? ...And still totally unacceptable.
Like ignoring this for 1½ years is.
Other more unimportant bugs and errors, ok let those wait a while longer, but please prioritize fixing the ones where people's personal info/data is floating around freely against their will.
@NianticTintino-ING & the rest of the crew, thank you in advance for understanding the seriousness of this problem and for re-adressing this.
@Niantic
Will you please make my accpeted portals stop displaying my agent name in Ingress? Like I have requested with the settings since forever now?
This is so uncomfortable.
@NianticAaron @NianticAtlas @NianticCasey-ING @NianticTintino-ING @NianticEveryone, please take this seriously.
@NianticAaron @NianticAtlas @NianticCasey-ING @NianticTintino-ING @NianticEveryone, again: please take this seriously.
Hey folks,
I can confirm that our team is currently working on it. Please be patient and we will share an update soon.
😐😐😐
That would be awesome, and about time - the original post describing the problem is more than 1½ years old. Looking forward to the update and even more to the fix for this. 🙂
Personalmente non mi interessa ma c'è veramente da piangere. Quasi 2 anni, per tutto il 2022 se ne saranno dimenticati/fregati vedendo che nessuno rompeva per questa cosa
I wouldn't get your hopes up after two years.