You Should Probably Check Your Pokémon Go Privacy Settings| Google patent company spin off Niantic co-developer of Pokemon Go

You Should Probably Check Your Pokémon Go Privacy Settings| Google patent company spin off Niantic co-developer of Pokemon Go ( buzzfeed.com )

submitted 2016-07-16T23:03 by CelestialPhoenix

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captbrogers 2016-07-17T00:45

Something that has bothered me about all this privacy concern for what Niantic is doing, odds are you are using a device that Google and the NSA have their fingers in.

There are already methods to determine if you are watching TV with your phone around . The NSA is probably recording you whenever you make a phone call . They can also supposedly remotely activate your phone camera , built a facial recognition database , and let's not forget XKEYSCORE .

Face it, they have everything on you. They don't need Pokemon Go. If you have anything connected to the internet, they have something on you even if you took the time to write an operating system yourself using a language you created on a computer you built from parts you soldered in a lead encased bomb shelter in Anartica. You can do a lot to protect your privacy and identity. I active encourage doing so. Be wary of what software you install and what software you interact with, even indirectly. But don't fool yourself into believing that this is the start of some massive conspiracy. There isn't one, it's plain as day that there is already a monolithic effort to know everything about you.

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CelestialPhoenix 2016-07-17T02:24

Depending on who you were referring to, I acknowledge that Niantic's co-developing Pokemon Go is not a new form of application that tends to be suspicious about handling data. Niantic's co-development of that application may be new in the sense that its a new form of privacy infringement.

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captbrogers 2016-07-17T02:39

New way to get user's data? Yes, I agree with you. New data that they can't get any other way? I don't buy it. I'm just exasperated with all the outrage over privacy concerns when it really isn't anything new.

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Sciency 2016-07-17T02:02

There are some really astounding way of collecting info from a device that has been compromised. The widest one that comes to mind is a method of using algorithms to record stokes on a keyboard, with nothing but the accelerometer of a phone placed on the same desk as the keyboard. They have also proved that one can use the vibration motor in a phone to record open-air audio.

Every consumer smartphone has known vulnerabilities (manly the user), meaning that all phones are already compromised. If you want privacy, get a burner.

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Sciency 2016-07-17T00:19

You should probably just not play this game if you're worried about privacy.

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