Shares of Japanese videogame giant Nintendo have recorded a huge jump of 56.65 per cent at the Tokyo Stock Exchange since Thursday last week, following the success of its recently released smartphone game Pokemon Go.
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Niantic CEO John Hanke said the developer is aiming to update the game on a bi-weekly basis, with a variety of large and small changes to come.
Users who sign up through Facebook or Pokemon Trainer Club, however, may authorize the collection of additional information.
Google settings state that “full access” means Pokemon Go “can see and modify almost all information in your Google Account”.
A lot of people voiced their concerns about Pokémon Go’s intrusive permissions requests which, if granted, would allow Niantic to access every bit of your Google identity.
He expressed concern that Pokemon GO’s privacy policy stipulates that users, children among them, are consenting to have their information shared with The Pokemon Company and “third party service providers”.
While there was no confirmation on the reports directly from Google, Niantic added in the statement that the tech giant had “verified that no other information has been received or accessed”.
The app update was released for iOS on the App Store at the time of this writing, but was not available for Android on the Google Play store yet.
An unpopular drawback has been discovered in a new game that has captured the attention of millions.
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“Once we became aware of this error, we began working on a client-side fix to request permission for only basic Google profile information, in line with the data that we actually access'”. As users walk around, their smartphones vibrate whenever they’re near a Pokemon. When you find a Pokemon, you throw a ball (again, semi-virtual reality) and try to catch the Pokemon, thereby racking up your total.
