fxomt [abandoned account]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSaudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Datawww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.worksprivacy@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1311arrow-down1external-linkSaudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Datawww.404media.cofxomt [abandoned account]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square43linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.worksprivacy@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squarepatatahooligan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoBold of you to assume this wasn’t always the plan for Pokemon Go. A ton of online services are basically designed from the get go to be mass surveillance machines and the founders know they’re eventually going to be sold as exactly that.
minus-squarefxomt [abandoned account]@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoJudging by what they did with the data from Xitter, this will cost someone their life. Anything to make a quick buck, though…
minus-squarefitgse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOf course it was. Niantic came out of Google with Ingress which was designed to collect data for Google!
Bold of you to assume this wasn’t always the plan for Pokemon Go. A ton of online services are basically designed from the get go to be mass surveillance machines and the founders know they’re eventually going to be sold as exactly that.
Judging by what they did with the data from Xitter, this will cost someone their life. Anything to make a quick buck, though…
Of course it was. Niantic came out of Google with Ingress which was designed to collect data for Google!