Franken asked the company to verify the fix had been implemented and that no user data had been collected or stored while Niantic had access to Gmail accounts.
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The game has only been released in the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and Nintendo has said launches for other countries including Japan – one of the world’s biggest gaming markets – are due soon. Despite previous reports, revoking the game’s Google access should not cause you to lose your progress, even before downloading the patch. The insanely popular mobile game has over 7.5 million users, but now has many people questioning their safety after a close-up look at the game’s privacy policy. The app uses the Global Positioning System and clock on your phone to create what is called, “augmented reality”. While for now it won’t be charging you money, it’ll probably only maybe steal all your personal information and dignity. “Also, the security of your Google Account will not be compromised by signing in to other sites with your account”.
There are links in the email, but Pokémon Go users should NOT click them.
Before you open Pokemon Go on your iPhone, make sure you have updated the app to the latest version 1.0.1 which was released July 12. “You then “capture” the creature for points by throwing Poké Balls at it on the device’s screen”, Trend Micro stated.
Niantic, the app developer with which Nintendo partnered to create Pokemon Go, has confirmed that advertisements are indeed coming to the game.
Unfortunately, this acquirement of “Pokemon GO” has taken its toll. This suggests that, as Niantic said in their statement, the app could only access standard, biographical data such as your phone number and email address. You can do this by going to Settings Security permission to download from “Unknown sources”.
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AFP journalists were able to download the game from Apple’s iTunes store and Google’s Play store in Berlin.
