Wow, that's bad if Hanke isn't even a serious player. Geez, get a Pogo+ and just wear it all day.
I can understand Niantic fighting spoofers, and trying to stop scanners and other methods of finding rare Pokemon. The IV stats aren't magic, and a lot of players clearly care enough about it to spend a lot of time figuring out the stats.
I'm also surprised the Pokemon doesn't have their own version of http://www.ingress.com/intel with a live map that shows who owns each gym, where to find Pokestops, and even when raids are.