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Jul112016

Pokémon Go catches all, including your Google account info

News about Pokémon Go has taken over the internet but not all of them is good. A recent discovery by researcher Adam Reeve found that when you sign into the game using your Google account, you give them full access to everything. And it doesn’t even warn you in the sign-in process that you’re doing so (even if that’s what usually happens). It seems to affect both iOS and Android users and what giving full access means is they can do things like read your email, send you email, access your Google Drive documents, see your search and Maps history, view your private photos, etc. It seems to be a major oversight for Niantic Labs and a security risk you might want to look into. For now, what you can do is revoke permissions from this page and you’re signed out. According to The Verge, the app’s functionality isn’t affected. Niantic hasn’t issued a comment on the matter yet.

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