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Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data (www.404media.co)
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[–] DimlyLitFlutteringMoth@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 9 hours ago

Yes, I was aware though under the impression of improving geospatial and mapping models. There are many ways in which we are now entwined into these systems and so it's a matter of deciding, on a personal level, what you are comfortable with.

I am certainly not comfortable with the data going to Saudi Arabia where access to such is used for active suppression and harm.

Maybe it was a naive viewpoint at the time, but the climate of 2016 was very different to what it is now.