Pokemon Go Has Full Unrestricted Access To Read the Full Content of Your Emails

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  • Bladewire
    StraightBro
    • Aug 2003
    • 56228
    #1

    Tech Pokemon Go Has Full Unrestricted Access To Read the Full Content of Your Emails

    The makers of Pokemon Go -- the insanely popular smartphone game -- were forced to make emergency fixes to the game because the app gave the company an unprecedented level of access into players' personal lives.

    For some users with iPhones, signing into the game with the most convenient option -- using your Google account -- allows the gaming company to read your emails.

    That's because the Pokemon Go app gets "full access" to your Google account. It's something most apps don't dare demand.

    Google settings state that "full access" means Pokemon Go "can see and modify nearly all information in your Google Account."
    That includes access to email, according to Google.




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    • Sloane
      Confirmed User
      • Feb 2001
      • 815
      #2
      Don't know how this got past Apple's App approval process. They are usually extremely difficult.

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        • Phoenix
          BACON BACON BACON
          • Nov 2002
          • 35475
          #3
          i think the maker used to be a google company...so probably apple has not updated their rights on the apple system.
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            • Ramirez
              Confirmed User
              • May 2011
              • 1598
              #4
              Another shitty app with full control of everything.

              Who installs this must be stupid, giving away all their private info.

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                • AmeliaG
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 10663
                  #5
                  Stuff like this is why I never sign up for anything with gmail or Facebook etc.
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                    • dillfly2000
                      hey
                      • Mar 2012
                      • 2209
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Ramirez
                      Another shitty app with full control of everything.

                      Who installs this must be stupid, giving away all their private info.
                      I installed it. but I have no personal information on my phone, just an empty Google account and a few contacts. That's why it's nice having two phones.

                      pffft, stupid, yeah right.
                      Now let me walk down this dark alley at 2am, I see a gastly on my map.
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                        • Konda
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                          • Apr 2003
                          • 2280
                          #7
                          Gizmodo: Pokémon Go Was Never Able To Read Your Email [Updated]

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                            • _Richard_
                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                              • Oct 2006
                              • 30991
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Konda
                              Gizmodo: Pokémon Go Was Never Able To Read Your Email [Updated]
                              nice.. however this says 'never able', but they were? just unnecessarily?

                              and i get the feeling this was 'an accident', rather than an actual accident

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