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This data-mining game is what they call totalitarianism is how Oliver Stone described Pokémon Go at Comic Con. Earlier in the month Al Franken also expressed some concern asking the creator of the game about privacy, data sharing, and account access.
More from Stone:
They're data-mining every person in this room for information as to what you're buying, what you like, and above all, your behaviour. Pokémon Go kicks into that. But this is everywhere. It's what some people call surveillance capitalism. It's the newest stage. It's not for profit in the beginning, but it becomes for profit in the end.
It manipulates your behaviour. It has happened already quite a bit on the Internet, but you'll see it everywhere—you'll see a new form of, frankly, a robot society, where they will know how you want to behave and they will make the mockup that matches how you behave and feed you. It's what they call totalitarianism.
Personally I gave up my smart phone more than two years ago because I did not want a spy machine in my pocket; I've never played Pokémon Go but it seemed like a great way for the game creators to get people to run around and point the players camera at what ever they want, obtain other location based data, or focus players into businesses that pay for the privilege. Perhaps I just need to adjust my tinfoil hat but what do the 'lentils think? Is Stone just trying to plug his new movie or is this a legitimate concern?
(Score: 2) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Saturday July 23 2016, @09:17AM
is that humanity is going stupid.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 23 2016, @09:27AM
Humanity has always been somewhat stupid. This is just another example of someone exploiting that stupidity.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 23 2016, @09:40AM
Yeah, clearly they are idiots for liking something that you personally do not.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 23 2016, @10:48AM
is that humanity is going stupid.
[Citation Needed]
(Score: 2) by Knowledge Troll on Saturday July 23 2016, @01:24PM
[Citation Needed]
Seriously? [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by Zz9zZ on Saturday July 23 2016, @07:04PM
So you're flavor of stupid is to join the hipster hate train?
I don't play pokemon, but as it gets the players out of the house and exploring the world I would say its better than most other games (aside from whatever tracking they're doing, burn in hell marketing tools).
~Tilting at windmills~
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 23 2016, @09:56PM
The software is also proprietary, so it doesn't respect the users' freedoms. Games like this are toxic garbage for filthy normies.