Google to change app permissions for 'Pokémon Go' after security concerns
 

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.

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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...


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