One such Redditor has reversed engineered the Pokemon Go App with Python script to reveal the inner workings of the game. The Redditor didn’t actually hack Niantic’s servers, but simply reverse-engineered the HTTPS requests the app receives from the game’s servers. By constantly probing around with parameters in the server requests, some users discovered a way to reveal spawn points and use them to create maps of nearby Pokemon and other game items. Once such tutorial is called how to create your own Google Map with all the nearby Pokemon. Redditors also have made standalone Mac, Linux, and Windows desktop apps and CLI tools to harvest data about Pokemon spawn points. Niantic sent a cease and desist letter to Reddit for pulling down a Web-based app. Now the Redditors have come together to create a worldwide map of all Pokemon currently available around the world. You can see the worldwide map below. Remember, hacking Pokemon Go is illegal and Niantic may ban you permanently.
