Sorry to be that guy yet again, but I kinda called this in 2016.
I think my exact words at the time were “You are not going to convince me this isn’t just gathering geolocation data that’s going to oopsie-daisies end up in a CIA database.”
@scherawyss.bsky.socialHere's the full article for those interested. Insanely bleak stuff, I don't think I'll ever be able to look at the Pokemon franchise the same way again
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Pokémon Go Scans Quietly Trained The Navigation Tech Now Headed Into Military Drones
Pokémon Go players' 30 billion scans trained navigation tech now bound for military drones, via Niantic Spatial's defense partnership with Vantor.