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Privacy Critics Raise Alarm over Pokémon GO's Collect-It-All Power | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

 

 

Privacy Critics Raise Alarm over Pokémon GO's Collect-It-All Power

Sen.
Al Franken questioning "extent to which Niantic may be unnecessarily
collecting, using, and sharing a wide range of users' personal
information"

by

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

 

The
runaway success of the interactive virtual reality game Pokémon GO was
overshadowed this week by privacy complaints. (Photo: NEPA Scene/flickr/cc)