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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So all a pedophile or mugger has to do is get this app and wait for the kids to come?[/quote]

1. Pokemon are algorithmicly generated. You can't control where they show up, no one can, so molesters can't make Pokemon lure kids to them.
2. The stories of the robberies happen when someone sets up a "Pokemon lure" at an isolated pokestop. These appear in the app to all players and you can go to the area with the lure to catch more Pokemon. They can only be set up at a "pokestop" which is a public landmark, not someone's house. Don't let your kids play at night, or at least visit pokestop at night, and they will be fine.

For those worried about cars, you don't actually chase Pokemon. You walk around and one will pop up on your screen. Once it pops up you don't need to move towards it at all. You click on it to catch it. Most people stop to do this because it takes concentration to catch it. There would be no reason to walk into a street to get a Pokemon. [/quote]

Thanks for this.  I think some parents who are wringing their hands over this app probably have kids too young for the game anyway.  It really is geared toward teens as you need a smart phone.  And adults are having fun with it as well as you can tell from this thread.  I can't resist pulling into poke stops during my errands.  It's crazy.[/quote]

It's not that their kids are too young it's that they are absolutely zero understanding of technology and think this is some pedo bait or that kids will wander into traffic doing it. I just roll my eyes at people like this. Join 2016 and figure out how shit works and you don't have to be terrified of everything.[/quote]

Yes!  People are just regurgitating 24 hour news paranoia about the game. [/quote]

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