“Pokemon Go” is taking the world by storm.
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The Pokemon Go is available on Google Playstore and Apple’s App Store in the US, Japan and Australia, Philippines, New Zealand and is coming soon in India, Singapore, Germany, Taiwan, Indonesia and Britain.
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But law enforcement worries the quest to find Pokemon characters is creating safety concerns.
Pokemon Go is an augmented reality game developed by Niantic Inc for Android and iOS. Similar in nature to Niantic’s approach with its fellow location-based game Ingress, Hanke told The New York Times that brokering a deal with retail establishments represents an “intriguing moneymaking possibility” that could potentially safeguard Pokemon Go’s longevity. One person posted how she found teenagers in her garage looking in and around her auto for Pokemon, while another said he had already found some kids in his backyard hunting for the cute little creatures, and yet another said a teenager, glued to his phone and playing the game, stepped in front of her vehicle.
Pokémon Go only accesses basic Google profile information (specifically, your User ID and email address) and no other Google account information is or has been accessed or collected. But more importantly, it seems that iOS players need not worry about a previously reported issue involving their Google accounts. According to CNN, the company gets full access to your Google account.
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If permission is granted, the apps can collect contacts lists, photos and even login credentials to social media accounts. The timing is fortuitous: Whichever studio wins the bidding war would have the first crack at capitalizing on Pokemon Go’s popularity. This might be happening due to the fact that the game has not been officially released in China. Hope it was helpful to you.
