“This code doesn’t reveal any personal information”, according to Google. Google, however, recommends that only trusted applications are granted such access.
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“Having your basic profile information out there isn’t such a risk, but having full access to your account is a huge risk”, said Roger Triantafilo a Bakersfield database administrator who focuses on database security.
“Google has verified that no other information has been received or accessed by Pokémon Go or Niantic”.
“Pokemon Go” developer Niantic Labs issued an iOS update to the popular game Tuesday addressing widespread concern that it had access to players’ Gmail accounts and Google Docs. He confirmed that the app only has the most basic account permissions. If you used your Google account to sing up, you may have given up a lot of person information.
Logging into apps and web services using social media accounts is a common practice. It is even surpassing Twitter in active daily users.
Cyber security expert David Kennedy, founder of Hudson-based Binary Defense Systems, said the flaw left user information exposed to hackers, though Niantic said no data was compromised.
So now that you no longer have to worry about the privacy of your data, you should go out and catch’em all to grow your collection.
In order to take advantage of the update, affected users must download it from the App Store, then sign out and back in to “Pokemon Go”. Reeve recommends that you revoke access to Pokemon Go if it has full access, and delete the app from your iPhone – at least until Niantic updates the game with more reasonable access. The new Android and iOS game is expected to make bigger noise when it is released globally.
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From a public and road safety perspective, as people playing the game move around Sudbury they can become focused on their phone screens and they can become distracted.
