Pokemon: GO IOS version is not good: it is a Privacy nightmare.
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[QUOTE=Scratch.;50695385]the account on device I assume is just so it can ask to use the google account that your device may contain (as goes with youtube and other google applications, as you can have multiple accounts on the device)
I assume after login, user data is stored in save data
won't need it again until you log out of the game. Theory at least[/QUOTE]
Thats more or less what I figured. Im sure Ill need it next time the servers go down.
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[QUOTE=MaximLaHaxim;50692741]Oh come on, Nintendo and Niantic would never allow this info to be abused. It's just not them. Unless a dumb developer tried to use it to hack into people's accounts-- but even then, could you really blame Nintendo and Niantic for that?[/QUOTE]
Yes, I would blame the companies who are creating, marketing, and selling a product when the product turns out to be a potential security risk.
The issue isn't that Nintendo or Niantic would misuse this information. It's that if Niantic were to be hacked, the hackers could use the OAuth tokens stored on their servers to have [b]complete access to everyone's Google accounts.[/b]
[QUOTE=MaximLaHaxim;50692719]Even if it has access, I 100% doubt that it will use it for anything more than what it already does.
Probably just a coding bug or a developer just trying to set people off for a laugh.[/QUOTE]
its really really stupid and defeats security design to just demand every privilege even when you only need a couple
[QUOTE=Sableye;50699325]its really really stupid and defeats security design to just demand every privilege even when you only need a couple[/QUOTE]
IE this is why UAC in Windows and not running as root is a thing. Least privilege principle.
[QUOTE=MaximLaHaxim;50692777]It is not the company's fault imo, it's the shitty dev's fault.[/QUOTE]
Accountability in corporations doesn't work for this pretty sure
[QUOTE=Demache;50699560]IE this is why UAC in Windows and not running as root is a thing. Least privilege principle.[/QUOTE]
Never drink and root...
Disabling it broke my game and I can't find a way to undo this, won't even let me log out and back in
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