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janice1999 ◴[] No.42198544[source]
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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dgfitz ◴[] No.42198676[source]
Google maps has more data than PGO could ever hope to have.
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esafak ◴[] No.42200961[source]
But you only use Maps when you need directions.
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1. dgfitz ◴[] No.42201339[source]
I don’t think this is sarcasm.

Until pretty recently, phone telemetry data was a free-for-all, and if you’re, say, in legal trouble, a map of the location of your phone over the past… however long you’ve had your phone is immediately available.