Are you a Pokemon GO player living in one of these less populated areas?
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We don’t recommend installing APKs from outside the Play Store – but if you do, it’s worth unchecking “unknown sources” afterwards. At the time he published his blog post, Reeve said Pokemon.com could not take any more applications because of widespread demand. While authenticating the app with his Google account, he didn’t see the intermediary screen which Google usually shows detailing what type of data the app can access from the user’s Google account. They can also be used to annexe Pokemon Gyms.
“Having no service for pokemon go is stressing me out”, @EzmaeS said. Niantic has admitted that there is a privacy issue but they’ve also stressed that they plan on using/storing no information other than the basic Google profile information.
Niantic was forced to admit its mistakes on Monday after computer security experts realized that the video game gets a rare level of access to your Google account. “I don’t know how well they will guard this awesome new power they’ve granted themselves…”
Pokemon Go has been a hit with fans, however, with so many players playing the game, it seems a bit overloaded.
The app allows players to capture imaginary creatures, or Pokemon, which are superimposed into the real world through the use of the phone’s camera.
“Now, I obviously don’t think Niantic [Pokemon Go developers] are planning some global personal information heist”, Adam writes on his Tumblr. So many problems, in fact, that developers Niantic opted to halt the game’s worldwide rollout until they could shore up the game’s stability and performance.
The company has released a statement addressing the issue.
Instead, simply revoke permissions in the security sections of your Google account, and it shouldn’t affect the way you play the app.
Niantic added that Google will soon change the app so that it only asks for permission to view users’ basic profile data.
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In an interview with Gizmodo, Reeve said he isn’t “100 percent sure” that Pokemon Go can read users’ emails.
