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janice1999 ◴[20 Nov 24 21:58 UTC] No.42198544[source]▶

>>42187494 (OP) #

I'm sure the CIA already has access. [1] People were raising privacy concerns years ago. [2]

[1] https://www.networkworld.com/article/953621/the-cia-nsa-and-...

[2] https://kotaku.com/the-creators-of-pokemon-go-mapped-the-wor...

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1. BirAdam ◴[21 Nov 24 02:22 UTC] No.42200436[source]▶

>>42198544 #

Hanke’s actually got awards from CIA for his work at In-Q-Tel investing in Keyhole/Niantic, so yeah, safe to assume that the agency invested specifically to have players collect data. Considering many Pokémon were on or near military bases around the world… not hard to assume what CIA’s real goal was.

https://futurism.com/the-byte/pokemon-go-trespassers-militar...

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