The ‘augmented reality’ mobile game Pokémon Go, which uses the player’s smartphone camera to ‘add’ Pokémon to real-world locations, has ties to the CIA.
The developer of Pokémon Go, Niantic, Inc., was founded by John Hanke, who previously received funding from the CIA’s venture capital firm In-Q-Tel to develop what eventually became Google Earth.
In-Q-Tel was once described as an “independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community.”
It’s easy to see why the CIA would have an interest in the software behind Pokémon Go; the game utilizes the player’s camera and gyroscope to display an image of a Pokémon as though it were in the real world, such as the player’s apartment complex or workplace bathroom.
Software like that could theoretically turn millions of smartphone users into ‘Imperial probe droids’ who take real-time, ground-level footage of their cities and homes, reaching into dark alleyways and basements which spy satellites and Google cars can’t reach.
This is literally retarded. How do you think that """"da ebil gobmint"""" is getting these magically taken photos / videos from people's phones? It sure as hell isn't through the mobile network, because that traffic is easily monitored and there's fucking nothing being transferred that suggests conspiracytard levels of spying.
Are there people that actually believe this shit? That the government would fund a japanese company's private mobile game to secretly take videos of forests and parking garages? Really?
>>80667521
>Are there people that actually believe this shit?
>>80667084
This is actually pretty cool. This is why you should learn statistics and work for them.
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>>80667758
Yeah, it's a generic permissions list that tons of apps use and is because you can use google accounts through the app. It's only ios and it only pertains to google accounts -- you can choose not to use google accounts, and you can also actively look at your mobile traffic. Guess what isn't going through your traffic when you're playing your shitty video game? Secret CIA video.
Another conspiracy that technology-illiterate retards are going to propagate. Awesome.
>>80667521
Thank for correcting the record.
Spoiler alert: This is Google's brainchild. Not Nintendo. They just supplied the IP for it.
It's (((Google))) doing what it does best. Data mine.
Plausible, Imagine the Feds thinks some terrorist arms deal is going down in an abandoned parking garage. The Feds spring up a few Picachus in there so people would wander in. Some civilian casualties, but at least they expose the deal.
>>80667084
No.
Its a game designed to make money you fucking tinfoil retard. This is the fifteenth thread about this topic thats up right now.
If they wanted to mine data they could just do it with your phone as it is. They don't need a fucking pokemon app to do it.
People want to make money. They create game. They make money. Its pretty simple if youre not retarded.
Maybe you could post something of value instead of ruining the board.
