It's a real shame that a select number of people in the gaming community as a whole usually need to rely on PS or any cheating device nowadays to actually play the game on how they want to play it. ACNL is a game in which you pretty much do whatever you want when you want, so the use of actually "cheating" for a town duplicate or ID picture really isn't formidable in my eyes. It's not like you need to complete an objective to get to the next level or to actually acquire a certain item to use for a boss or even need a certain amount of money by a certain day. ACNL just allows you to play leisurely at your own pace, without the worries of what most games have which put the pressure on people to use the devices in the first place, but alas, "cheating" or "hacking" will always be apart of the gaming world, no matter what you do or say. This reality is sad, but true. Do I deny myself of using cheats? No, of course not, because then I would be lying to myself. I am sure a good 80% or more of the gaming community use cheats in one way or another. I have used cheats myself but never to the extent in which it could possibly mentally affect people such as how this town or ID hack is. Personally, when it comes to actually copying a town simply because of the lack of creativity or ambition to create on their part, it is quite sad. Considering the town itself is indeed the main point of AC, just to create it your way should be the fun of it. I just feel a bit sorry for those who get their towns copied since they did indeed put hours upon hours of work into it and never really wanted that to happen, however, at the same time, that is technically what happens when you put something out there for everyone to see. You run the risk of getting copied.
I am personally glad I had never uploaded my Dream Address for ACNL. I never really wanted to in the first place simply because of the copying factor that people could use for their towns. Despite it actually using PS or not, people will and can find a way to copy without you knowing. My sister literally had a friend who reset her game just to copy her town. She literally found the layout, bought most of the plants and trees that were needed and pretty much went about it as if she had a photographic memory. Did my sister have a Dream Address for her town so that person could copy it? No. Did that person have to use a "cheating device" to copy my sister's town? No, of course not. While "cheating" does let you replicate a town much quicker, the process of actually doing so without it can still result in the same thing or close to it. Will it look exactly like your town? Possibly not, but either way, I don't intend for somebody to have a good 80% of their town to look like mine, even if it was "influencing" them.
Now, not everyone you meet will be like this mind you. A lot of people actually couldn't care less of what your town looks like, let alone have the audacity to copy it. There is however, a minority at most that may get jealous and want to possibly have what you have, but that goes without saying. No matter what, there will always be "hacking" risk factors involved with games, especially when it comes to online priorities. As far as ID pics go, this really isn't new. Yeah sure, now it can be seen in a much bigger image if you want to say, but people have been drawing risqu? images since the creation of clothing designs and flag designs had become available. Let's be real here, there really isn't much a difference with people having a crude ID photo compared to someone coming to TT island wearing something crude. If the ID bothers you, or if the person bothers you in particular, you do have the option of blocking who you want on the island. This is a choice on the gamers part. Yes, people usually D/C but alas nothing is perfect.
Long rant, nothing short of just my opinion. If you read it, awesome, if not, awesome. Just wanted to state how I felt. 'Tis all.