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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The success of Pokémon GO is great for its creator Niantic, and for the millions who have downloaded it. Except for one thing: there’s major security vulnerability, and should NEVER be used at NSWCCD or our detachments.

Two days after the game’s release, security expert Adam Reeve tweeted about the vulnerability.  The Pokémon GO app itself does NOT warn new users as to exactly how much privacy they are sacrificing.

“Full access.” That should sound like a bit much. It is. Reeve writes in a post titled “Pokémon Go is a huge security risk” on his blog. In his tweet linking to the post, he calls the app malware. The biggest takeaway is that “full access” just means:

Pokémon Go and Niantic can now:
•	Read all your email 
•	Send email as you 
•	Access all your Google drive documents (including deleting them) 
•	Look at your search history and your Maps navigation history 
•	Access any private photos you may store in Photos 
•	And a whole lot more 
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The WaPo debunked this yesterday. As long as you download it from a reputable source like googleaps you are fine. The malware versions are the ones available on "sketchy" websites. Just make sure your kid is getting the safe version[/quote]

The other thing you can do to help is create a GoogleMail account you only use for this.  So you wouldn't care even if they're glancing at your account.  There's only spam.
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