What do you mean "now"? Cheat clients have always had the ability to lie to the server.
Also, just my opinion, but you saying that Minecraft is "showing it's limits finally" makes me feel like you're looking for something to look down on Minecraft for.
Edit: All that is needed to defeat that mod is a mod that pretends to be it that responds with a packet that's filtered to not mention the illegal mods that are installed.