ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoSaudi Arabian government company is buying Pokémon go and 100 million players real time location datawww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days 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@lemmy.ssba.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoWhile true, I felt (if misguided) more comfortable with my data under California data protection laws than Saudi Arabia.
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.