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"You sent these incredibly private thoughts and pictures to me, and I just theoretically gave the Pokemon people perpetual access to them."
When you give a company keys to your account, you're giving your keys to their employees and anyone who hacks them. Not a question of trust.
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@SwiftOnSecurity@Triggs390 and thats why i have 2 google accounts -
@GrdEnrique@SwiftOnSecurity that's why I don't play Pokemon go. -
@Triggs390@SwiftOnSecurity really ? I mean everyone and their uncles are gathering info about their users and we use gmail, amazon etc - View other replies
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@GrdEnrique@SwiftOnSecurity I trust google with my google account. I trust Amazon with my Amazon account. -
@Triggs390@SwiftOnSecurity oh got it you can register with a pokeclub account or something like that if you wanna try it
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@SwiftOnSecurity@althecat All of this ignores that Niantic is an offshoot of Google. Poorly researched scaremongering. -
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@SwiftOnSecurity it seems like that database of access tokens would be a really valuable target. This doesn't instill confidence re infosec -
@SwiftOnSecurity Just like they told you in sex-ed about the spread of disease ;-) -
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@SwiftOnSecurity Niantic is part of Alphabet -
@ZLeeily@SwiftOnSecurity it was spun out as a private company. Alphabet is an investor though. - Show more
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@SwiftOnSecurity Malicious employees can happen to any company:https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/14/google-engineer-spying-fired/ … -
@SwiftOnSecurity I was asked to accept GPS and all the rest when I hit "install" but not when I signed in using google... is that bad? -
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@SwiftOnSecurity Unless theres something really wrong at Niantic there's no way they can get your access tokens. They don't leave your phone -
@Thmscasson@SwiftOnSecurity limiting attack surface. The more access arbitrary apps have to your device, the more risk if they are comped
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@SwiftOnSecurity <- would you mind posting more helpful info like this? People need to know.... -
@SwiftOnSecurity <- thank you...
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