Pokémon GO gets full access to players’ Google account
Posted on Jul 12, 2016 05:10 pm
Pokémon GO, the mobile augmented reality game that has become
hugely popular in record time, brings with it a lot of unexpected
dangers. Its popularity has been exploited by malware peddlers and
scammers, but the game’s creators (Niantic Labs) have also
inadvertently put users’ security and privacy at risk by failing
to limit the permissions the app receives when users sign into it
with their Google account. The problem was first spotted by Adam
Reeve. … More →
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