ocean ( ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com ) to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoSaudi Arabian government company is buying Pokémon go and 100 million players real time location datawww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1264cross-posted to: pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
arrow-up1264external-linkSaudi Arabian government company is buying Pokémon go and 100 million players real time location datawww.404media.coocean ( ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com ) to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square21linkfedilinkcross-posted to: pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
minus-squaredavel [he/him] ( davel@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·2 years agoI don’t see as any worse, necessarily. For all I know, Saudi Arabia was previously buying the data from Niantic piecemeal. Forbes, 2016: How Niantic Is Profiting Off Tracking Where You Go While Playing ‘Pokémon GO’
minus-squareEbby ( Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up25·2 years agoWhile true, I felt (if misguided) more comfortable with my data under California data protection laws than Saudi Arabia.
minus-squarecomfortablydumb ( comfortablydumb@lemmy.ml ) cakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 years agoAs a European, I never feel comfortable with my data under any US state’s data protection laws.
I don’t see as any worse, necessarily. For all I know, Saudi Arabia was previously buying the data from Niantic piecemeal.
Forbes, 2016: How Niantic Is Profiting Off Tracking Where You Go While Playing ‘Pokémon GO’
While true, I felt (if misguided) more comfortable with my data under California data protection laws than Saudi Arabia.
As a European, I never feel comfortable with my data under any US state’s data protection laws.