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07-12-2016, 05:55 AM
Google to change app permissions for 'Pokémon Go' after security concerns
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Pokémon Go players won't have to worry about sketchy app permissions for much longer.
The developer of the game has ack**wledged that it "erroneously" requested full access permission to users' Google accounts on iOS and says Google is working with them on a fix for the issue.
SEE ALSO: How the gurus behind Google Earth created 'Pokémon Go' (http://mashable.com/2016/07/10/john-hanke-pokemon-go/)
In a statement provided to Mashable, Niantic, the developer of Pokémon Go, said that the app "erroneously requests full access permission for the user’s Google account," but that ** user information was compromised.*
"Pokémon GO only accesses basic Google profile information (specifically, your User ID and email address) and ** other Google account information is or has been accessed or collected," the company says, adding that Google also confirmed ** other information was collected. (Mashable has reached out to Google for further confirmation.) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/google-pokemon-go-app-security/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Pokémon Go players won't have to worry about sketchy app permissions for much longer.
The developer of the game has ack**wledged that it "erroneously" requested full access permission to users' Google accounts on iOS and says Google is working with them on a fix for the issue.
SEE ALSO: How the gurus behind Google Earth created 'Pokémon Go' (http://mashable.com/2016/07/10/john-hanke-pokemon-go/)
In a statement provided to Mashable, Niantic, the developer of Pokémon Go, said that the app "erroneously requests full access permission for the user’s Google account," but that ** user information was compromised.*
"Pokémon GO only accesses basic Google profile information (specifically, your User ID and email address) and ** other Google account information is or has been accessed or collected," the company says, adding that Google also confirmed ** other information was collected. (Mashable has reached out to Google for further confirmation.) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/google-pokemon-go-app-security/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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