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Redhand does nothing except waste time. In years of being one of the most actively scented person in the game I have never, not a single time been tracked while red handed except in cases where I was going to be out anyway. I am 90000000% more likely to die because I randomly DCed in water than somebody tracking me.
There is literally no downside to the legacy style solution if you just fix like 2-3 minor exploits.