Niantic Issues Official Statement on Pokemon GO Military Drone Controversy
Niantic Spatial has refuted claims that Pokemon GO data was used for the purpose of training military drones for the defense company Vantor, following a report from the outlet Trouw. In-game scanning was previously a feature in Pokemon GO that encouraged players to record videos around geographic locations marked as Po...
Niantic Spatial has refuted claims that Pokemon GO data was used for the purpose of training military drones for the defense company Vantor, following a report from the outlet Trouw. In-game scanning was previously a feature in Pokemon GO that encouraged players to record videos around geographic locations marked as PokeStops. The feature is at the heart of reports about how the developers have used data collected from players.
Original reporting appears on the publisher’s site.
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