New York Bans Registered Sex Offenders From Pokémon Go - Polidicks

[quote][/quote] [quote]At least 22 percent of Pokémon Go's millions of users are minors, according to a Survey Monkey study obtained by Forbes. With that many kids and teens playing the game — which is rated for users 9 years old and up — they become potential targets for child sex offenders.[/quote] [IMG]http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/08/02/gettyimages-580960884-9874fd841600a5ba6c172909e53433f0155f8fe0-s800-c85.jpg[/IMG] [quote]To reduce the likelihood of harm to children in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that registered sex offenders on parole would no longer be able to sign up for Pokémon Go and other Internet-enabled games as conditions of their sentence. The new restriction, which will apply to nearly 3,000 sex offenders currently on parole, comes after a recent report by state Sens. Jeffrey Klein and Diane Savino. Over the month since Pokémon Go has been available for download, they showed that children have been found to encounter the properties and surrounding areas of sex offenders' homes. And last month, a PokéStop — a location, such as a local monument or a park, in the real world where players can collect items to help them in the game world — was found to be located at the entrance of an California rehabilitation center that helps, among others, recovering sex offenders. The New York senators' report also cites a case where a registered sex offender in Indiana was "actually playing the game with a 16-year-old boy on the local courthouse lawn when he was recognized by two local probation officers." New York state bans sex offenders on parole from using social media. It also has an agreement with 40 social media and related technology companies that allows it to update these companies with weekly records of registered sex offenders for social networks to ban. But with Pokémon Go, the agreement doesn't hold up. Although the mobile game allows users to interact with others also playing at the same time, it's not considered a social media platform. Cuomo sent a letter to Niantic, the game's developer, offering it one of these partnerships, as well as the most updated sex offender data. "Software developers that operate mobile games like Pokémon GO should be entitled to the same information that is regularly shared with companies like Facebook, Apple and Microsoft," the governor said in the letter. Since the start of the agreement with social media and technology companies to ban these users, New York has banned 18,544 registered sex offenders from social media platforms, the governor's office says. There's no word from Niantic yet, but Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman at the governor's office, says companies in the past who have been sent similar requests comply simply to be good citizens. "We're hopeful Niantic will do the same," Azzopardi said. [/quote] [URL="http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/08/02/488435018/new-york-bans-registered-sex-offenders-from-pok-mon-go"]http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/08/02/488435018/new-york-bans-registered-sex-offenders-from-pok-mon-go[/URL]

It seems the ban is only for recent offenders still on parole, which makes it slightly less stupid and draconian than the usual method of the vague "sex offender" label turning you into some kind of leper forever able to spread leprosy through the internets.

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[QUOTE=Garrot;50831835][video]https://youtu.be/LsycshqQnlQ[/video][/QUOTE] Hahaha. I've never played this game, but it looks like I'm not missing much.

[QUOTE=PowerUp;50831868]Hahaha. I've never played this game, but it looks like I'm not missing much.[/QUOTE] That is a Clickhole video, i.e. satire.

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;50831888]That is a Clickhole video, i.e. satire.[/QUOTE] I know it's a joke, but is the real gameplay even any good?

[QUOTE=PowerUp;50831908]I know it's a joke, but is the real gameplay even any good?[/QUOTE] It's kinda fun. I haven't played it as much as a lot of people I know but it's the perfect vehicle for Pokemon: pretending you're capturing wacky little monsters in real life.

How are they going to enforce this? Seriously? Even if they ask to see the parole's phone, they can just uninstall the app and remove it from their "my apps" page in the market before meeting with their parole officer, and since all the game data is saved to the server's on your email account, reinstall the game after and not have lost anything.

[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;50832118]How are they going to enforce this? Seriously? Even if they ask to see the parole's phone, they can just uninstall the app and remove it from their "my apps" page in the market before meeting with their parole officer, and since all the game data is saved to the server's on your email account, reinstall the game after and not have lost anything.[/QUOTE] afaik all accounts you make have to be given to your parole officer anyways (including passwords) and if you make one and don't inform them and they find out you're in violation of your parole

[QUOTE=LordCrypto;50832124]afaik all accounts you make have to be given to your parole officer anyways (including passwords) and if you make one and don't inform them and they find out you're in violation of your parole[/QUOTE] Yea imagine being in violation of your parole for playing Pokemon :speechless:

[QUOTE=PowerUp;50832158]Yea imagine being in violation of your parole for playing Pokemon :speechless:[/QUOTE] On paper, it sounds dumb but in practice it could lead to a lot of bad situations if not enforced. There's already tons of news articles of people playing this game, not paying attention to where they are or going and end up either hurt or dead. Just imagine a sex offender playing without thinking and ending up by say a playground or school or somewhere else he's not suppose to be.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;50832288]On paper, it sounds dumb but in practice it could lead to a lot of bad situations if not enforced. There's already tons of news articles of people playing this game, not paying attention to where they are or going and end up either hurt or dead. Just imagine a sex offender playing without thinking and ending up by say a playground or school or somewhere else he's not suppose to be.[/QUOTE] Oh I don't think it's dumb at all. From my understanding, if you know where one of these pokemon is located you could head to that location and there is a likelihood a child will also be headed there to catch said pokemon. I just laugh because the basic notion of playing Pokemon and being sent back to jail for it is funny. I imagine the discussion with your cellmate would be interesting: "So what did do?" :speechless:

[QUOTE=LordCrypto;50832124]afaik all accounts you make have to be given to your parole officer anyways (including passwords) and if you make one and don't inform them and they find out you're in violation of your parole[/QUOTE] Except it uses your gmail account, so if you already disclosed that account to your parole officer when you got your smartphone there's nothing to disclose. Seriously there's literally no fucking way to enforce this. [editline]5th August 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=PowerUp;50832315] "So what did do?" :speechless:[/QUOTE] "I really, really, really wanted that bulbasaur."

[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;50832329]Except it uses your gmail account, so if you already disclosed that account to your parole officer when you got your smartphone there's nothing to disclose. Seriously there's literally no fucking way to enforce this.[/QUOTE] I read that the next update of the Pokemon app will include a sexual predator profiler feature for adult accounts. Basically, if you're 18+ you can turn on this feature and catch sexual predators that show up on your Pokemon map via facial recognition (pictures sourced from the criminal database). You can then record them on your phone and Nintendo will transfer the file automatically to the nearest police router based on GPS activity. Catching sexual predators will unlock new features for your existing Pokemon collection I believe.

[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;50832329]Except it uses your gmail account, so if you already disclosed that account to your parole officer when you got your smartphone there's nothing to disclose. Seriously there's literally no fucking way to enforce this. [editline]5th August 2016[/editline] "I really, really, really wanted that bulbasaur."[/QUOTE] and if i make a new gmail account?

[QUOTE=PowerUp;50832347]I read that the next update of the Pokemon app will include a sexual predator profiler feature for adult accounts. Basically, if you're 18+ you can turn on this feature and catch sexual predators that show up on your Pokemon map via facial recognition (pictures sourced from the criminal database). You can then record them on your phone and Nintendo will transfer the file automatically to the nearest police router based on GPS activity. Catching sexual predators will unlock new features for your existing Pokemon collection I believe.[/QUOTE] :speechless: I honest to god can't tell if you're serious or not. [editline]5th August 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=LordCrypto;50832369]and if i make a new gmail account?[/QUOTE] How will they know?

[QUOTE=PowerUp;50832347]I read that the next update of the Pokemon app will include a sexual predator profiler feature for adult accounts. Basically, if you're 18+ you can turn on this feature and catch sexual predators that show up on your Pokemon map via facial recognition (pictures sourced from the criminal database). You can then record them on your phone and Nintendo will transfer the file automatically to the nearest police router based on GPS activity. Catching sexual predators will unlock new features for your existing Pokemon collection I believe.[/QUOTE] That's definitely bullshit. Aside from everything else wrong with that, the big one is that a company would not encourage it's users to go after criminals, let alone award them for it. [B]MASSIVE[/B] liability issues there. Think for a second, if someone goes after a criminal and is killed, the company that put them in that situation is going to get absolutely destroyed in the courtroom.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;50832411]That's definitely bullshit. Aside from everything else wrong with that, the big one is that a company would not encourage it's users to go after criminals, let alone award them for it. [B]MASSIVE[/B] liability issues there. Think for a second, if someone goes after a criminal and is killed, the company that put them in that situation is going to get absolutely destroyed in the courtroom.[/QUOTE] I uh I don't want to, necessarily, stick up for pedophiles and such but I don't really think you're in danger of being murdered by one if they're re-integrated with society because of pokemon... They tend to do the other 'm' thing

[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;50832436]I uh I don't want to, necessarily, stick up for pedophiles and such but I don't really think you're in danger of being murdered by one if they're re-integrated with society because of pokemon... They tend to do the other 'm' thing[/QUOTE] Not all sex offenders only offend in sex, some do drugs and murder too. Remember this chipper guy?: [img]http://i.onionstatic.com/avclub/5752/01/16x9/960.jpg[/img] Yeah... People like that do exist.

[QUOTE=nuttyboffin;50832480]Not all sex offenders only offend in sex, some do drugs and murder too. Remember this chipper guy?: [t]http://i.onionstatic.com/avclub/5752/01/16x9/960.jpg[/t] Yeah... People like that do exist.[/QUOTE] It was kind of a joke But like my point kind of stands those kinds of sex offenders you won't see roaming the streets playing pokemon go. Unless of course they haven't been caught yet, but then there won't be any data for Niantic to send to the local police and thus no reason for them to murderape you.