Pokemon Go – Permissions Update • Hacker News Board

Re: Pokemon Go – Permissions Update

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Post by Falcon9 » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 8:05 PM UTC

cwbrandsma wrote: post #28

cocotino wrote: post #12

Bit of OT Played Pokémon GO yesterday (iOS 1.0 version) and it was very buggy. Many bugs looked like they were server side (requests freezing), but there were strange rendering errors (like seeing only waves on the ground where Pokémon are, and not the actual Pokémon on them) that could be fixed by restarting the app several times. The phone also got absurdly hot, I never play on it, I don't know if it's normal for i…

Doesn't seem like they were anticipating the load their servers would get. I've had trouble logging in, and other lags from time to time that really seem to be server overload issues.

Not surprising given the incredible overwhelming number of people trying to play the game. I knew it would be huge, I never imagined it would be the phenomenon it is. (Go to a park at lunch or after work if you don't know what I'm talking about. Any park in the country.)

Re: Pokemon Go – Permissions Update

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Post by sl1e » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 8:06 PM UTC

Is the button that takes me to login with Google account the same as using a Google email address to create an account?

Re: Pokemon Go – Permissions Update

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Post by qwertyuiop924 » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 8:08 PM UTC

Great. Although this is really a left-pad situation: it's good that they fixed it, but that fact that it was a problem in the first place is pretty damn disturbing.

Re: Pokemon Go – Permissions Update

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Post by jaflo » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 8:08 PM UTC

quaffapint wrote: post #38

Keep in mind you dont have to login with your google account - you can create a free pokemon club account and use that.

Or create a dummy Google account.

Re: Pokemon Go – Permissions Update

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Post by po1nter » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 8:09 PM UTC

chromaton wrote: post #33

On Android, Pokemon Go requests permission to access your contacts. I declined this access, and the app still seems to work (modulo the crashes & bugs that others have reported). Accessing the camera and location I can understand, but I don't want to give Pokemon Go access to my contacts.

I works even if you disable access to the camera (on android that is) but you obviously won't be able to use the AR view.

Re: Pokemon Go – Permissions Update

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Post by Someone1234 » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 8:09 PM UTC

matt_wulfeck wrote: post #23

I'm glad they involved google to make sure the change happens to anyone and also to verify their claims about access. This is the type of response we should expect/demand from other companies. Well done.

I agree it is helpful to involve Google so it can be changed for existing Pokemon Go users. But I don't see how Google has verified the claim, since Google themselves have yet to release a statement.

By the way, Google indorsed this comment. Believe me?

Re: Pokemon Go – Permissions Update

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Post by sp332 » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 8:11 PM UTC

quaffapint wrote: post #38

Keep in mind you dont have to login with your google account - you can create a free pokemon club account and use that.

That site has been down continuously for days, so it might not be a real option.

Edit: OK, continually since it does seem to be up sometimes!

Re: Pokemon Go – Permissions Update

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Post by spike021 » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 8:12 PM UTC

discreditable wrote: post #35

cocotino wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I did that. The screen turned black, and there was no way to bring the game back, other than killing the app. Ridiculous.

This is a known bug with the app. In power save mode, sometimes the app will stop responding altogether. I had a few instances where I was in power save mode, found a Pokemon and tried to tap it and it would not recognize my actions. I had this happen on Android.

Same, but on iPhone..

Re: Pokemon Go – Permissions Update

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Post by quaffapint » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 8:14 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #47

quaffapint wrote: post #38

Keep in mind you dont have to login with your google account - you can create a free pokemon club account and use that.

That site has been down continuously for days, so it might not be a real option. Edit: OK, continually since it does seem to be up sometimes!

I just did it this morning - just refreshed the page once and it worked fine.

Re: Pokemon Go – Permissions Update

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Post by ajoy39 » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 8:19 PM UTC

bluecmd wrote: post #40

minimaxir wrote: post #2

This is the same message that was released to the press yesterday. I'm surprised Google itself has not said anything, as they are also at fault for not showing the permissions workflow in the first place.

Are you sure the login flow used the official flow API and not collected the login credentials themselves to "helpfully" register the user? I haven't used to app so I have no idea, just a thought.

it's the google login flow