ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoSaudi Arabian government company is buying Pokémon go and 100 million players real time location datawww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1464cross-posted to: pulse_of_truth@infosec.pubprivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comtechnology@lemmy.world404media@rss.ponder.catgames@sh.itjust.worksprivacy@lemmy.world
arrow-up1464external-linkSaudi Arabian government company is buying Pokémon go and 100 million players real time location datawww.404media.coocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square42fedilinkcross-posted to: pulse_of_truth@infosec.pubprivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comtechnology@lemmy.world404media@rss.ponder.catgames@sh.itjust.worksprivacy@lemmy.world
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·1 month 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-up41·1 month agoWhile true, I felt (if misguided) more comfortable with my data under California data protection laws than Saudi Arabia.
minus-squarecomfortablydumb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 month 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.