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How is it possible that signing in didn't inform me what permissions I was granting? I didn't think I was giving anything except my email address.
Better/more neutral title: Pokemon Go asks for full Google permissions
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> I just assumed that an app couldn't grant itself full permissions without notifying me, but now I can see why that might not be the case since they are free to present whatever UI they want in app. Is that the case? Doesn't this still require going through the standard prompts?
Anecdote: On Android 6.0 the Pokemon Go game requested 4 permissions on first launch. Account, Camera, Storage, and one other I believe. I had to individually approve each one.
It's a free game everyone. When something is free to play, and involves you walking around with geo services and a camera on, you and your data are the product. This is just massive data collection disguised as a video game.
No one signed up to let Niantic read their email in exchange for free items.
> I really wish I could play, it looks like great fun, but there’s no way it’s worth the risk. Why not just create a separate google account if one's so eager to play?
Seriously; I created one just to avoid entering 2fa every time servers go down.
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Anecdote: On Android 6.0 the Pokemon Go game requested 4 permissions on first launch. Account, Camera, Storage, and one other I believe. I had to individually approve each one.
That's just access to your phone, not your Google account. Those permissions don't cover the app's ability to read your email.
So, Pokemon Go is not listed under my account... Could it be the mallware version?
Why in the world would they do this? Or was this just merely an accident?