ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 24 hours agoSaudi Arabian government company is buying Pokémon go and 100 million players real time location datawww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1440cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comgames@sh.itjust.worksprivacy@lemmy.worldpulse_of_truth@infosec.pub404media@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up1440external-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 · 24 hours agomessage-square42fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comgames@sh.itjust.worksprivacy@lemmy.worldpulse_of_truth@infosec.pub404media@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·23 hours 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-up38·23 hours agoWhile true, I felt (if misguided) more comfortable with my data under California data protection laws than Saudi Arabia.
minus-squarecomfortablydumb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·18 hours 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.