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Something about this all makes me uncomfortable. Is anyone else feeling this?
A company is getting access to photos and location information of everything a person is doing and it can be used to herd groups of people into specific locations whenever it wants.
My friends are calling me paranoid and are saying "its just a game" but to me it seems like scary technology under the guise of a colourful, popular, kids game.
>>80829966
Data mining is not new.
Portable cameras are not new.
If you honestly think the government or other organizations (private or otherwise) needs apps like these to view your phone camera/GPS location, you are a bigger idiot than the rest of them
>>80829966
The government would never do that. It's illegal.
>>80829966
They also get full access to your gmail account; can read any and every email.
And they can turn around and sell that information to other companies if they feel like it.
As well, if they're bought out by another company, that company gets all the info too.
It is spyware masquerading as a kids game.
you guys are fucking pathetic
>be a rural fag
>no neighbors within 15 miles
>go check on the horses
>see a black car coming down my private dirt road
>ohshitohshitohshitohshitohshitohshit
>gun is disassembled right now
>wave them down while gripping my knife
>windows roll down
>dank smell of expensive kush rolls out
>two slutty college girls with overpainted faces and huge tits ask for directions back to town
>they got lost looking for a fucking Snorlox on Pokemon GO
The NSA and feds don't need an app to do that. They've been doing it. Google's been doing it. Every time you access the internet you're giving away information.
I do think some kid's going to get shot or mugged at some point because of this game though. There will be a death because of this game.
>>80829966
Sounds like your a nigger with something to hide
>>80829966
Unfortunately nothing new
app 'permissions' dont really mean shit i guess they are just there to make you feel more secure.
It's made by an associated company of Google.
Of course it's being used to data mine.
Just like every other tech device is.
Nothing new.
Sell that data to companies and make even more money.
It's dishonest, but nearly everything tech related is.
>>80832704
>Not joining them and fucking them while getting high as fuck
dayum
im gonna go into town on friday and try this dumb app
>>80832816
>mfw all they would see from my data is 4chan and a bunch of messed up porn
>>80829966
>Something about this all makes me uncomfortable
It makes you realize that most people are just mindless sheep at heart. Ignore them and their latest fad and press on with life.
>>80829966
It's a rebranded version of Ingress. That game is around three years old now. Why were you not worried about that too?
>>80829966
Take your meds.
>>80829966
If you think pokemon go is what the spooks needed to get your info, then you're so far behind the game that you can't catch up.
>>80829966
phones could do that already
and the android OS only lets the app see limited information afaik
>>80832704
ShitThatNeverHappened.webm
>>80833070
Pokemon has a large following while Ingress is a unique IP.
People will play anything as long as it is recognizable to them.
>be late 20s
>single loser
>playing Pokemon go because muh nostalgia
>local mall full of pokestops
>every pokestop is full of little kids running around
>realize how bad it looks for a grown man to have his phone out taking pictures in a crowd of little kids
Am I going to be arrested /pol/?
>>80829966
You're just mad people are having fun with something new.
Go have fun and stop thinking everything is a fucking conspiracy. Jesus fuck, its designed to get people to spend money, not to spy on a bunch of neets gathering in a park.
You noobs never played Ingress. This game is nothing new.
But blah blah blah they're coming to get you.
>>80829966
Japan has finally taken over the world
Saw this on RT
>>80833238
Yes, but only for the crime of being white male. The left loves pedo acceptance, it probably has nothing to do with Muhammed.
>>80832616
Oh no, they can access my email? That's unconscionable!
>>80833281
we already know the government spies on everyone you moron
>>80833221
Wouldn't be surprised m8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMd0kSWYfks
>>80833281
Ingress isnt really AR though
Whatever, they can access everything.
Which team should I choose? I'm torn between Valor and Instinct at the moment.
>>80832401
privat organizations obvious need apps like this.
government got their own tools and hardware implementation, but if some company wants to spy on you, they need to give you something worth for you using. with pokemon go some organisation, company or even mafia could gain a lot of data to mine. but i'm not familiar enough for this with the ties of niantic labs
>>80829966
Pokemon GO will save the west.
Majority of liberals are manchildren who just want to throw tantrums but now that thy have Pokemon GO to distract them, we won't have them crying about stupid shit.
It's like giving a pacifier to a toddler. Fucking little won't be crying for a while
>>80832502
>It's illegal.
KEK
>>80833362
>Koffing used Toxic Gas
>it was super effective
SPHERE ENCASED BATTLE RATS!!!
>Fuck you all faggots, sage in all fields
>>80833556
yeah meanwhile us adults can complain about black cocks on a chinese forum
>>80829966
>That moment when you realize you're the only person on the planet is not looked no one series "breaking bad".
the only thing that makes me uncomfortable, bong,
is that someone will probably die or get raped playing this shit and then either nintendo will pull ZE PLUG on the whole thing or severely cripple the game in ways that pokémon only appears inside your house and you don't need to leave.
your concerns are nothing but the worlds of a tea drinker lunatic, the goverment already gets your information by other means
>>80830572
zombie commanding is kind of new
Just wait until a van full of ISIS fighters rolls up to a huge group of people playing Pokemon GO and lights them all up. Imagine a couple suicide bombers in the center of one of those huge crowds with 100+ people all not paying attention to anything but their phones.
Its bound to happen.
>>80833268
t, NSA
>>80832767
of course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li4tU3wkVmk
>>80833827
How do you mean?
>>80833
Has Anyone Really Been Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like?
>>80834007
the second portion of OP's sentence - herding people together by placing Points of Interest on a physical location.
>>80834176
Whats the difference in simply targeting an area thats already crowded like a stadium? Seems like a pointless effort.
>>80834176
It's not really a new concept but perhaps the first time it has been implemented in such a way successfully.
>>80834270
you could command all the pokemon go players in the area to a Soros demonstration to boost numbers, for instance
>>80834176
You mean like bars, restaurants, music festivals, watch partys?
Take off your Tinfoil hats, faggots
>>80834400
the three numbers agencies can certainly pull tricks by advertising a house party or something like that. Pokemon go's benefit would be a predictable response in followers
>>80834000
Fuck this bitch ass clickbait.
You fucking nigger go suck a dick!
>>80829966
double dubs don't lie.
Literally anything involving a phone with a GPS is automatically subject to a great deal of suspicion, and with good reason.
Of course, I trust Nintendo to be genuinely interested in nothing more than making money and making children's games, but the people that run the show as far as apps and your phone go? I wouldn't put it past them to pull some shit.
Just carry on as usual and give people weird looks when they play it and they'll eventually get that it's a little unnerving.
>>80829966
Just remember 2 things that apply anywhere you have electronics.
>If you jerk off, cum in the camera
>have something concealable you can kill yourself with at all times
Don't worry about fucking pokeyman
>>80832704
what kind of faggot are you?
Some kind of campaign needs to be started to have the developers put ultra rare pokemon in the hood, because it's only fair.
BLACK LIVES MATTER
CATCH POKEMON IN THE HOOD
The app itself isn't anything special, just a fad. Can't imagine that apple and co. don't already have whatever info the app collects.
What worries me is that it's being covered so heavily by the media. Is this being used as a distraction for something?
>>80835087
NEED POKEMONS FOR DEM PROGRAMS
Am I the only one who still is not interested in this shit despite having played the first 3 generations of pokemon?
I just don't want to be lumped together with all those mouth breathers, and pokemon in itself is for children, a bunch of mid 20s people playing pokemon is creepy.
>>80829966
Google already have all this information.
>>80836202
I own a windows phone and there are basically no decent apps for it, I have an android tablet but I don't use it.
the government already has access to your phones through backdoors you fucking retards, they don't need pokemon go
>>80833568
Who's the hottie on the right?
Muh dick.
The level "big brother" conspiracy theories surrounding this game is inane. All the supposed freedoms you think you're losing you actually haven't had for over a decade. Could some super spoopy entity use the data from Pokemon Go? Sure they could. But why would they when they can access the hardware that controls it?
>assuming your every call and text isnt 100% overt
>assuming any and all data cant be access remotely
>assuming your phones camera/audio is ever off
As if i give a shit, the CIA can know where i live and what i do, and they're free to check out my dick pics i have stored on my phone.
Everyone is a fucking normie you're not some special snowflake, unless you're a pedophile then you better go hide nigga.
>>80837282
Who's that nerd?
>>80837417
Kennedy and Monroes bastard child. You can see it in the teeth.
Don't forget to buy the latest DLC!
>>80830572
>Portable cameras are not new.
Portable cameras with a constant internet connection are relatively new.
>>80829966
fuck the gov might find out me and my boys went to the local post office to catch virtual pokemon
your post kept me posted and really made think man!
Can I use this technology to ogle at teenage girls then go home and masterbate to them somehow?
>>80838031
like youre not doing it already
>meanwhile in Pokeland
>>80829966
>its just a game
I read yesterday that the head of the company that published Pokemon Go got founding capital from the CIA. Apparently they are interested in the development of mapping techniques.
>>80829966
Your friends are naive.
It's really ingenious whoever thought of this shit. Get millions of people out taking pictures of places you are interested in mapping, then use captchas to disseminate the pictures for free.
I was excited when I first heard of it but when I found out its all pay to win with no leveling I lost all interest. I don't get the whole craze if people are just in walking around collecting pokemon if you can't trade/battle other people with them. As for "spying" on you, they aren't getting anything from you that every other app isn't already tracking
>>80833556
This proud, black man gets it.
There are actually adults playing this game?
Jesus christ. Kill yourselves.
I thought this game was not yet out in Germany, but yesterday while waiting at the bus stop, I saw four nerds smurfing down the sidewalk, heads over their smartphones. They got all excited and jumped up and down next to an empty bush nearby. "YES! YES! I'VE GOT IT!" Then they wandered onto the street without checking for traffic, heads still over their phones. It was their luck that the bus was 2 minutes late, or they'd have been under it.
>ftw mobile to old
So dunno, saw out of my window yesterday a grown man only looking on his handy and walking around. You think something really bad will happen with this app soon?
>>80829966
it got released today in germany and the campus was full of these numales walking around catching pokemon
i even heard a guy a row behind me say 'oh theres a Flareon' and than he walked out of class and came in 10min back...
>if it's free then you're the product
here we go guys. nintendo drops a rare pokemon at your local mall. you're a faggot that plays pokemon so you obediently go to the mall. then sure enough a fucking 20% off coupon for macys hits your email. they're getting fucking good at this shit.
>>80837153
Lurk more you dumb fuck.
It's not like Google didn't have the power to do this before.
>>80829966
If your'e an adult playing pokeman go, you have bigger problems than surveilance
>>80840415
This fucking guy gets it
>Oh look there's a rare pokemon in Disneyworld, that'll be worth the $200 entrance fee
>>80841153
google just collects information. pokemon go is literally controlling people's movements.
>>80841642
not exactly sure how this game works. could someone actually do something like this? like go collect a bunch of pokemon and then set them free outside their house?
>>80829966
>worried about pokemon
>not worried about google
(notices brit)
>not worried about cameras on every street corner
>>80841827
I think you can set lures that will attract real players to the pokemons.
Niggers in the ghetto around St. Louis are using it to bait normies into the hood to rob them.
>>80829966
Yep. I'm not getting it, and I avoid getting into the camera view when people are playing.
I recommend everyone does the same thing.
>>80829966
Relax, it's not like they're gonna herd you into the gas chambers Goldberg-Stein.
>>80829966
>A company is getting access to photos and location information of everything a person is doing
dozens already doing this
>>80838205
Wait...no one plays it in Kiev?WTF.
Will this game change society?
>>80842407
Nahh. It's likely a passing fad that will be forgotten in a couple of months.
>>80839834
>"Dein Gerät ist nicht mit dieser Version kompatibel."
>>80833556
>be Election Day
>all liberals playing Pokemon Go
>polls open in morning
>ten minutes before they open, all phones buzz
>"Shit it's a Mewtwo!"
>Everyone runs around to find the legendary pokemon -- leaving the lines at the voting booths
>all convene in the middle of the ghetto
>eventually one of the people catch the pokemon
>look at their watches
>10:00pm
>polls closed
>Trump wins in landslide
>white liberals collapse in tears
>blacks chimpout
>mexicans take out tortilla to wipe the sweat from their forehead
>images of the God Emperor appear on all television screens as he celebrates
>a song plays as he walks out onto the stage
>"I want to be the very best, like no one ever was..."
>>80829966
> Lure people places
The lures can only be dropped on Poke-stops. Just avoid the ones that are in dark / shady places at odd hours.
> Scary Tech
The reports and photos of unlimited access were "only a bug" according to the developer. Only reason it's believable is that is only happened on iOS phones, android users never had to give up that much info upon download.
On top of this, there were many fake programs with backdoor's and malware released. Since the game debuted in some countries first it gave people in other countries a chance to fake it and rush it out so all the kids that couldn't wait for it downloaded the fake virus.
It's not bad, it's just a game.
Yes they most likely will sell the information they can get to Geo-spatial government agencies, but that will help our Military. :^)
>>80833938
>trying to predict which rustling leaf pile ppl will swarm over ahead of time instead of just hitting a train station or a mall
What twam are we? Red?
>>80842707
You forgot the part where the voting machines change everyones votes so that Clinton wins
pretty picture though
>>80833362
>>80829966
If you own a smartphone Google/Apple/Microsoft have access to pretty much anything on it.
Thinking you're "off the grid" with smartphone or any tweaks to is naive.
Unless you root your phone le hacker style then you accepted an agreement that allows tech giants to ping your GPS constantly. How do you think traffic updates work on google maps?
Stop being such faggots
>>80841534
You could say the same thing about any game. This one just gets people to go outside, they're not being forced. Besides once people are forced to buy pokecoins we'll most likely see a massive drop in gameplay.
>>80829966
is it possible to get ISIS hooked on pokemon go to lead them out to a remote place in the desert so we can drone them?
>>80833792
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/07/armed-muggers-use-pokemon-go-to-find-victims/
>>80829966
It's all staged, nobody gave a fuck about Pokemon, but when the media said 'it's cool, EVERYBODY loves it', now they do.
They're beta testing their augmented reality shit, and seeing just how far they can manipulate people into doing things with it.
They're seeing if and how many people will accept it as their new reality and chase the nonexistent creatures as if they're real because on a subconscious level these people are actually accepting it as real, making them prone to suggestion, and valuable data can be extracted, especially now that most new smartphones have cameras on both sides.
When the more advanced shit comes out (which has been waiting in the wings for some time) they'll use the data gathered in this experiment to their advantage, using it against the population.
>>80843290
Based on my experience with the gps tracking in game nobody is gaining any data of value
>start pogo in Newark
>I'm in the middle of Raritan Bay which is ~30 miles away
>walk two blocks
>avatar doesn't move at all
>suddenly warp even further from land
>>80833238
Naw dude I know people from 19 to 35 playing that jawn
>>80834879
I know he should totally has his rifle ready before an event like this even happens, what if it was the ZOG rolling up
>>80835197
>What worries me is that it's being covered so heavily by the media.
probably because of this.
>>80833938
Considering:
>Large Pokemon crowds are hard to predict
>the game's novelty with rapidly fade
>it's possible some people could be concealed carry holders
>there are much bigger crowds in more predictable locations all the time
>there aren't that many terrorist attacks
No, it's not "bound" to happen.
>>80841393
>>80840415
>oh no! Not a cuepon!
>>80832767
apparently people already god mugged because there's a feature that allows users to pin locations for others to visit. so they pin a location then wait for people to come by.
my idea for a fun afternoon would be to hit up as many of these pinned spots and wait for someone to come after you, it's basically a free beatdown you can claim as "self-defense"
>>80843444
>Nintendo makes them pay to opt out of being a pokemon location.
>They out Jew the Jews.
>>80844427
You know... am I the only one getting sick and tired of jumping on this "Pokemon Go" bandwagon?
>>80843502
>You could say the same thing about any game.
It's not the same. If they press WASD controlling a virtual character, they just change bytes on a server. Pokemon go physically moves the individuals.
>>80833221
>staceys play pokemon
>>80844724
>no plans to spend any money that day
>pokemon takes you to the mall
>coupon entices you to buy something at the mall
>suddenly the app you thought was free is subtly influencing you to buy shit
yea i get your point. it's just that i dont feel like manipulating people on that level is entirely ethical.
>>80834000
The muggings have already begun.
It's really a no brainer
>rich wimpy kids and dumb bitches wandering aimlessly through my hood brandeshing expensive smartphones
>gibsmedat.jpg
>>80845189
desu vince probably likes pokemon. both his company and pokemon cater to autistic man children.
>>80845364
>>80840415
>>80841500
I'm not exactly sure they actually get to pinpoint the locations themselves seeing as how there's pokestops in Chernobyl's fucking nuclear reactor. Pretty sure it's just some algorithm that works with gps.
>>80838205
look at where all the "other" are in the top right lol
>>80838205
Whats with the scary dark circles in russia?
Its pretty simple actually, they are doing this because the time for the Blue Beam Project is near, and they need as many people on the streets to witness as possible, preferably will cellphones so everyone makes a video and no one ever questions the legitimacy of the event.
>>80845364
>watching television
>they actually stop the broadcast to show me some product
>they advertise it with a song and catchy tune
>you might not buy it now, but next time you're at the store you might
I just don't think subtly influencing people like this is entirely ethical.
>>80838205
>poland
>england
>portugal
>Netherlands
>turkey
is pokemon not popular in the rest of europe?
>>80829966
To be honest, it's fucking frightening how this shit just appeared overnight.
What the fuck is Pokemon Go, and why is every news outlet and every goddamn internet forum Suddenly talking about it?
It's some concentrated something, and I don't trust it. Feels forced.
>>80829966
It may be a psy op or something but what bugs me the most is normies nutting over a game where you do absolutely nothing. My friends are all losing their shit over it and I said 'show me a battle' to which they laughed and said 'you don't actually fight them anon'. What's the fucking point? Spinning pictures of places clicking on areas and moving your finger in a straight line to throw the ball, it's retarded as fuck
>>80845836
yea i get that it's not trying to get you to buy shit now. just saying that once a game like this is fully realized i wouldnt be surprised if it takes you somewhere and then offers you an incentive to buy something in the real world. if pokemon doesnt do it some other game will.
>>80846220
>What the fuck is Pokemon Go, and why is every news outlet and every goddamn internet forum Suddenly talking about it?
cause of this.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775440/
Reminds me of this
>>80836202
Despite my age I am not above revisiting my old gameboy if the mood strikes me, but yeah this app nonsense is garbage and seeing nearly every acquaintance I have suddenly pick it up and start playing makes me feel unnerved for sure.
>>80846119
>AYy blue ID
TOLD YOU.
>>80846220
This game has been in the news for years....
>>80846139
I don't disagree. Hell, you've got adblock or an equivalent installed right now, I know you do.
>>80846229
There's combat and levelling, but it's very barebones seeing as how there's only 2 moves per pokemon and only one stat. You conquer ''gyms'' that appear in random locations and fight other people who come to claim it.
>>80846139
>implying i think blasting people with commercials for 20 minutes for every hour of television is ethical
havent owned a tv for over 10 years now. whenever i visit my parents im slightly horrified at the amount of commercials people are taking in from television. it's total mind control shit. people even brag about how they, "only watch the superbowl for the commercials" like watching football is somehow more brain dead than begging for more commercials.
>>80845836
Probably the only way to catch mewtwo
They should put the legendaries in risky spots so people risk their lives for some virtual fluff
>Articuno on Mt. Everest Summit
>Moltres in some volcano
>>80844427
This was at RAW this monday
>>80834000
Kinda wish that was the disclaimer. Either that or "Keep your distance from niggers."
>>80847024
My grandparents always muted the television during the commercials. It makes a world of difference. You end up turning off the tv easier, making conversation during the commercials, getting up, etc.
>>80829966
The potential for malicious exploits is tremendous but this game have literally brought people together and gotten Americans moving and interacting again.
Yesterday I went to a heritage park in my town. I had not visited in a few years and the place was mostly ignored. Now there is 60-80ish people there walking the entire area. They are all chatting with each other and sharing their pokemon captures. Random people who would never look twice at each other are having conversations and sharing a common interest. Fathers and Mothers are with their children out hunting for Pokemon, kids excited as I was when I was their age to see a Pikachu.
The way the egg incubators work they are basically a pedometer incentive and pokestops refresh in such a manner that if you walk half a mile you can complete another circuit all over again.
Pokemon GO is getting people out of their houses and moving and interacting with other human beings face to face again. It actually is pretty fucking amazing to see.
>>80829966
I just installed this and I noticed what it was asking for. I assume it has a camera in game so it needs your camera and your media in order to take and store the pictures.
I was actually googling for a way around it.
I refused to sign in with google and there is a waiting list to make a independent account with their pokemon shit.
>>80847349
That's just marketing, there's no way a real person would do this otherwise.
>>80833393
Not a joke bug was discovered where when you sign in with gmail all your emails pass through the games servers.
>>80843444
Best part is someone caught a Koffing (poison gas pokemon) there.
>>80838205
Wh-What app/site is this?
>>80829966
>>80846119
>implying anyone will have any battery power left to film jack shit
>>80841084
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMh6oY9YbMA
>>80833362
A POISON POKEMON IN A HOLOCAUST MUSEUM? OY VEYYYYY *FAINTS*
>The game is super effective.
If this keeps up people will grow a lot more interested towards Augmented Reality games, devices and applications.
Microsoft is already doing some pretty darn good job with their Augmented reality helmet hololens and while the price is still out of reach of the average consumer that will change in due time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQQRtArTmuM
Now question is how long will it take for our population to go extinct when they will introduce virtual anime girls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_st7Z_L-Aw8
>>80847496
Tell me more about this fabulous product, completely normal anonymous user!
>>80842707
Këk Vült!
>>80838205
>Turkey
What the fuck
>>80829966
Has anyone actually read the terms and conditions within the application? If so what are the bullet points?
>>80829966
>A company is getting access to photos and location information of everything a person is doing
a company does that every time you install a fucking app.
>herd groups of people into specific locations
good christ you people come up with stupid reasons to be afraid of this lol
>>80847847
http://map.pokego.no/
>>80845836
>>80838205
link to where I can find these maps ?
>>80847994
People love Pokemon. The first genners are all now 24-35ish and like the feeling of catching pokemon like they did in the beginning. There is no mystery here. Pokemon has been milking us for money for the better part of 2 decades. Now they made it so people have to actually move and gather in specific locations to play. Lots of people with a common interest share that interest.
It isn't rocket surgery. It is just pretty surprising how hard it has taken off. If they add a real battle system so it isn't just flicking balls and praying. Or so you can battle anyone you meet without having to use the gym. This game will surpass the GNP of a few 3rd world nations.
I was worried I was the only one. Something about all this seems so unnatural to me, I honestly think something bigger is behind it.
>>80842312
>>80846169
It's one of those self-report maps. It doesn't actually detect anything, it's just the number of people who know about the site and have registered their location and usage of the game. Poles seem to know about it the most.
>>80848670
You're as bad as those tinfoilers who thought Pokemon was revenge for the atomic bombs.
>people break into your property
>confront them
>"we're looking for pokemon" they say
>>80833408
This is fucking real? We're not just being fucked trolled by random videos of groups of college-aged douchefucks with their phones out? (They always have their phones out anyway...)
They're chasing the Pokejew?
>>80829966
couldn't this just be a strategy by the Japanese government to get their 1mil+ hikikomoris out of the house?
>>80849318
The game isn't avaible in Japan.
>>80848545
I'm a geewunner and can't understand the appeal of a watered down app pretending to be pokemon.
I just wanna play regular pokemon, this augmented reality stuff is about 10 years too early to be much more than this generation's virtual boy or motion controls, interesting concept done terribly and shoved in everyone's faces.
I don't think it has an ulterior motive or anything of the sort, but I do think it shows something very sinister.
It shows how entertainment can literally dictate where people go and what they do in a much simpler way. It shows how the internet can create alternate realities.
I'm saying Pokemon GO isn't about controlling us, but it's a breakthrough of creating an alternate reality under the control of someone.
It is scary.
That said, Windows 10 was a far, far scarier thing in terms of data mining.
>>80829966
Gives me watchdogs vibes
>>80847024
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/there-were-just-1206-minutes-of-actual-gameplay-during-the-super-bowl-2015-02-02
Just to sum up the article:
>12:06 = "Actual Gameplay"
>12:41 = "Half-Time Show"
>1:00:29 = "Ad Time"
>For every minute of actual gameplay, the Super Bowl generated over $45 million in TV-advertising revenue
I will never understand what people find entertaining about watching gridiron football.
>>80837153
>>80829966
Your double dubs tell me to be concerned.
>>80829966
op, how do we get people to listen to us and not start off with a defeatist attitude? every time i bring this up, everyone says lol they have it already anyway. ive personally taken steps to protect my privacy, one of which i do not own a smart phone. dont listen to anyone in this thread that has that defeatist attitude. we should be discussing solutions not just giving up.
>>80847197
>mewtwo is literally on the moon
I had it for a day and deleted it because it's a shit game.
I know the gubbermint already spies on my stuff so I knew that when I downloaded it
It's literally CCTV
>Murder happens
>NSA looks up pokemon go players in that area and time
>Looks through camera feeds to identify suspects moving through the area
>gunshot happens
>pokemon apps pick up the audio on multiple phones to triangulate it
>>80832616
Wasn't the Gmail thing only true for iPhone?
>>80829966
I keep hearing this shit. I just tell everyone I hear talking about this crap that if they have a Facebook account and the app on their phone then they're giving far more away than some silly Pokemon game. Usually they look at you like an idiot, not understanding.
Pokemon go, is like any other app. It's going to take data about you. It just is. Research the company, check the app and see which permissions you can block without breaking it's functionality, etc. At least they're not working directly with govts like Facebook, Google, Apple, etc.
>>80837282
It's like when Windows 10 released and everyone was crying, like that Microsoft was saving your passwords... for Microsoft products.
They already have access to whatever they want, believing anything else is just naive. The fact that iPhone users gave away ALL access to their Google or Gmail account is weird though.
>>80850633
All of that except people's phones out all the time is already done.
>>80848397
bump
I'm a million times more uncomfortable that there are so many manchildren openly travelling ariound outside playing this stupid childrens game.
I mean, there is google earth, snapchat, facebook and a huge list of data mining that has crushed a part of my soul. However bring out the hordes of manbabies to parade around for all to see scares the shit out of me. We are so fucked and I see no bottom in sight.
>>80852014
read the post above that one.
>>80851314
Windows 10 is a step too far.
You can't justify surrendering by "it's already too late". Then you're just baring your asshole and spreading it to the people who are raping you.
>>80829966
Of course not
The reading your Gmail thing is completely fake. It was by some blogger who has since retracted his statement wanting to make money hence the billions of articles about pokemon go looking fly ad money
>>80847992
That's an acceptable reason to live.
>>80829966
Niantic is owned by Google.
So what you are freaking out about is the fucking Google has access to your Google account...
>>80832616
Good thing I was smart enough to create a blank Pokemon Trainer account for this shitty game that connects to my outdated and sparsely-used yahoo email account which is specfically designed to handle trash like this instead.
>>80833690
I haven't watch Breaking Bad nor that Game of thrones show as well, russiabro.
>>80852571
This
It's not about datamining. Pokemon GO isn't gonna increase that.
It's about alternate realities and how entertainment can literally direct how you live your life.
>>80848545
>flicking balls and praying
>>80842707
>be Election Day
>all liberals playing Pokemon Go
>polls open in morning
>rare Pokemon spotted at polling stations
>Liberals flock to the polling stations and vote for gibsmedats
>Trump BTFO by cartoons once again
>>80829966
As a faggot that likes his retro games, I'm a fan of Nintendo. A big question I have here is why did Nintendo allow one of their biggest franchises to be used by Niantic? Nintendo is notoriously stubborn and known for viciously pursuing anybody that uses their Intellectual Properties without authorization. This is a bit too strange Nintendo allowed this to happen, especially when it seems they have been resisting selling out their video games to shit tier cell phone material.
Where is Nintendo's involvement in all this, or Game Freak? I feel if we dig deeper into this we may get some more useful information.
Niantic's owner is a jew and it's funded by the CIA. Stay away from it
>>80829966
Your rigtht.
Rember the chin pokomon episode in south park?
They spying even harder now by using children. Who would suspect them?
>>80829966
If you think Nintendo is the problem here, you should go visit /g/. Let them educate you on a few things
>>80853789
Pokemon is not entirely owned by Nintendo, which is why Game Freak, who also aren't owned by them, can do whatever they want since they have part of the IP's ownership, like put Pokemon apps on phones. I remember my friend having a pokedex app years ago.
Even then, Nintendo is moving into mobile territory as of late, it's no surprise that they'd hire a third party, they do that a lot for their games since the SNES era.
>>80829966
The gov. can already get your info. As for data mining, all websites are doing that already.
Also if you leave the wireless thing on on your smartphone there's new tech companies install in stores to detect your movement. They want that that data. I've stepped into some service hallways in malls and seen metal boxes on the walls with Ethernet cords with the word "people counter" written on it. I wonder if they've got censors in the building checking for wireless cell signals. There was something in the news about privacy concern from those technologies a year or two ago.
>>80829966
>Oh no! Google has access to my gmail account
Use fake info then
>>80829966
... only when running the game.
Your mobile internet provider has already your position 24/7 and so your government while your phone is on.
You have mobile data in every new car. Just for automatically calling emergency services of course.
With the new eSIM standard you will get a lot more devices mobile internet enabled, some you will not even know that they are.
And you complain about a game?
And just think about it. Who cares about you?
Why the fuck would they want to look at peoples cameras pointed at the ground when Facebook is the gold mine for mass surveilance.
> gives jewbook; name, address, date of birth, phone number, previous addresses, all employment history, school you went to.
> likes neo-nazi and alt-right pages
> anon signed in at Mcdonalds with person X and person y at 6:00pm
> takes selfies of the food and all people present
> anon signs into generic nightclub with person y at 7:00pm
> takes selfies of everyone present
> goes on fb messenger
> yeah man this club sucks everyone is bluepilled I cant wait for the race wars fuck the jews amirite lmao, yeah I'm high on LSD I bought some from person x
You guys need to get some serious hermit habbits going if you don't want a black bag pulled over your head in the dead of night.
>>80854343
Interesting, thanks for the info, Anon.
>>80854412
I deleted my pokemon go, but that is what i did when they wanted my info. I made a fake account and also identified as trans.
>>80829966
Nothing new here
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/01/27/nsa-spying-through-angry-birds-google-maps.html
>>80829966
If you don't use AR they only get your location. Google has that anyways so what's the difference
>>80829966
You're already giving the kikes all the information, this is just the nips getting in on it.
>>80855098
Yea this, ive been playing it for a couple of days and you can literally see nothing on my camera except floors lol
>>80847793
Wait so your telling me all of my g-mail (google owned) messages pass through my pokemon go (google owned) app? That's outrageous! How dare that app give google the power to see my messages on a google owned and hosted email service!
>>80829966
For this generation, a momentary, trifling amusement is more important than common sense, privacy, or the future
