Pokemon go has access to all your personal data in google

Pokemon Go was launched a few days ago and is a great success for Nintendo, the game increased the market value of the Japanese company by about 7, 000 million dollars and its shares rose 40%. While the fever for the game that uses virtual reality is advancing, not a few media have stopped to think about the terms and services that users have to accept in order to play it on the iOS platform.

Once we accept the terms to install and play Pokemon Go on iPhone or iPad, both Nintendo and the video game developer company (Niantic) have the following privileges:

• Read all our emails Send emails to our name Access our files on Google Drive, including deleted ones Access to browsing history, searches, maps and locations Access to all our photos in Google Photos

It is not common to find 'full access' applications in your Google profile

When we enter our Google security profile, we will notice that Pokemon Go has "full access" in the account. Except for changing the password, deleting the account or buying with Google Wallet, the game has access to everything and this clearly means risk. One of the first to realize this problem was Adam Green from his Tumblr blog.

Fortunately a few hours ago, the people of Niantic have come out to explain the Polygon site, where they admit the problem and that they are working to modify the excessive privileges that Pokemon Go have on our Google account in the iOS version.

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Until Nintendo and Niantic do not modify the privileges in order to work, it would be advisable to revoke those privileges from the Google security profile and wait for the update to play Pokemon Go again. Unless an application on your phone gives you the same access to all your personal data freely.