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    „Pokémon Go“-Spieler haben unwissentlich Lieferroboter mit 30 Milliarden Bildern trainiert


    „Pokémon Go“-Spieler haben unwissentlich Lieferroboter mit 30 Milliarden Bildern trainiert

    https://www.popsci.com/technology/pokemon-go-delivery-robots-crowdsourcing/?_bhlid=b5452cec2227e1f7d072b583b08fbb55784f34ab

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    1. No_Size9475 on

      not unknowingly. I didn’t do this specifically because I knew there were using it for something other than the game. There was no valid reason to have people scan 360 degrees around a pokestop.

      My daughter was smart enough to simply film the ground repeatedly anytime the game asked her to scan a stop.

      Fuck Niantic for this betrayal of players.

    2. peanut-britle-latte on

      „Unknowingly“ is doing a lot of work here. I know people don’t read the terms and conditions, but by 2016 I think there was enough digital literacy to know that this GPS and map data would not simply be used to enhance the game.

      I still think there’s a level a realism that is missing from our use of technology.

    4. Mordrim on

      That is why Niantic had no problem selling its gaming division (including Pokemon Go) to the Saudis, but didn’t sell its AI Geospatial division. It already has all the data it needs…

    5. Aware-Instance-210 on

      If you are too stupid to see the trees in the forest, you can’t really say anything about „unknowingly“

      Ignorant is the right word here

    6. Jgusdaddy on

      Jokes on them I never scan pokestops because I don’t want people to think I’m a creep, or worse I’m still playing Pokémon go.

    7. jake6501 on

      People accidentally did something useful while having fun, and they are mad!

    10. IncorrectAddress on

      Yes, but they were also catching pookeemen at the same time, so kind of a fair deal.

    12. GenazaNL on

      „Unknowingly“ is false, Niantic has always been transparent about this. When you open the AR camera (for the first time?) you first get a message:

      „`
      Collect AR Data

      If you spin the Photo Disc, you can get an AR mapping task and help collect AR mapping data for this location. You can also scan this PokéStop anytime from the PokéStop’s details screen.
      „`

    13. theestwald on

      Friendly reminder that before Pokemon Go the same company had another similar product – named Ingress – whose main goal was to gamify the act of users uploading photos of locations

      Also, Niantic was an incubated project INSIDE google, and the CEO used to be a leader in the Geo division (ie google maps)

      So the goal was always “give incentive for users to produce/curate data for us”. Pokemon Go was just much more effective and happened to be a side hustle which also could act as a cash cow

    14. NoBullet on

      To scan landmarks/pokestops you had to be level 20. That takes a long time. So people starting the game was not able to do this right away.

      Landmarks for pokestops to the game is a public statue, plaques, murals, church. So they’re not scanning neighborhoods it’s all public stuff.

      They also use this for safety reasons for proof an area is accessible. Wouldnt want a kid wandering into an area that’s changed or under construction. In fact you have to be level 35 to report pokestops that are unreachable.

      Google has had data for sidewalk directions for years.

    16. VastoGamer on

      And whats the issue here exactly? People getting their panties in a bunch over „muh privacy“ but imo it’s not much different than your OS or game sending diagnostics, hardware data etc etc to improve its services.

      Hell, this is the best way of using our data… To improve stuff. Ofcourse they will also be selling personal data aside from that, but that’s a different discussion.

    17. Affectionate_Neat868 on

      This reads like a boomer Facebook scare tactic headline. This is well known and also transparent in the game…

    19. cipher1331 on

      This retroactively cheapens the last good thing we had. Damn it all to hell.

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