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07-14-2016, 03:25 PM
Criminals could use 'Pokémon Go' to 'target' and 'lure' children, charity warns
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LONDON — The UK's leading children's charity — NSPCC — has warned that offenders could use Pokémon Go's geolocation feature to "lure" and "target" children.*
SEE ALSO: 'Pokémon Go' is **w available in the UK (http://mashable.com/2016/07/14/pokemon-go-uk/)
In an open letter, NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless urged (https://www.nspcc.org.uk/fighting-for-childhood/news-opinion/pokemon-go/) Pokémon Go developers Nintendo and Niantic to re-evaluate the game's safety and to address concerns over child safety.*
The location-based game encourages users to go outside and catch Pokémon in your neighbourhood using an augmented reality map.*
Wanless said the app "appears susceptible to being hijacked by users who wish to harm other players and as such raises fundamental child safety concerns."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/14/pokemon-go-charity-warns-children/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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LONDON — The UK's leading children's charity — NSPCC — has warned that offenders could use Pokémon Go's geolocation feature to "lure" and "target" children.*
SEE ALSO: 'Pokémon Go' is **w available in the UK (http://mashable.com/2016/07/14/pokemon-go-uk/)
In an open letter, NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless urged (https://www.nspcc.org.uk/fighting-for-childhood/news-opinion/pokemon-go/) Pokémon Go developers Nintendo and Niantic to re-evaluate the game's safety and to address concerns over child safety.*
The location-based game encourages users to go outside and catch Pokémon in your neighbourhood using an augmented reality map.*
Wanless said the app "appears susceptible to being hijacked by users who wish to harm other players and as such raises fundamental child safety concerns."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/14/pokemon-go-charity-warns-children/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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