The neat part is that the game uses augmented reality to place the little creatures in the real world around you.
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When you opt to use your Google account as your Pokemon Go sign-in, the iOS version of the Nintendo-backed title automatically gains “full access to your Google account”, meaning “the application can see and modify almost all information in your Google Account”.
Pokemon Go is out now in Germany, one of the first places to get access in Europe, sparking hopes among fans that the United Kingdom will be next.
The same idea has been applied to Pokemon Go.
“I would say in a way it is safer”. He added: “It’s a dumb game, really, really stupid”.
For the second time in two days, the smash hit has received an update with version 1.0.2 landing on the App Store earlier today.
But the game has prompted privacy concerns, worries about walking into unsafe situations and trespassing on private property. Franken then asked Hanke to provide information regarding the “third-party service providers” Niantic shares their user information with and the company’s reasons for doing so. The choices include if the location is risky, on private property or if it does not exist.
Gamers are also being warned to watch for traffic while playing and not to drive while on the app.
Tracy Nolan tells WPXI-TV the game took her daughter across a busy highway Tuesday during the evening rush. The girl was hospitalized with an injured collarbone and foot, as well as cuts and bruises, said her mother, Tracy Nolan. Niantic confirmed that Pokemon Go’s programming actually made this impossible, but fixed the problem anyways.
Many players said their connections to Pokemon stretch back to childhood.
Lt. Lex Bell, of the Unified Police Department in Utah, said officers outside Salt Lake City have responded to similar calls. Players build their collections, make their Pokemon more powerful and battle other trainers in gyms. In one instance, a woman mistook a few glowing cellphones for flashlights as players hunted characters near her daughter’s vehicle.
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However, some venues in the USA such as Washington’s Holocaust Museum and Arlington National Cemetery are asking people to be respectful and refrain from gameplay there. An illegally parked auto whose driver had exited to catch a Pokemon was struck from behind, according to reports from Texas A&M University police, and another vehicle struck a tree while its driver was playing the game while driving, Auburn New York police said.
