U security experts address Pokémon GO concerns
Is Pokémon GO all fun and games? Fun, certainly, but before you download the popular augmented
reality game, UIT security experts advise gamers to take a step back and weigh the
risks.
“Whether you’re running it on iPhone or Android, the application requests quite a
lot of permissions to your phone,” Corey Roach, enterprise security manager for the
UIT's Information Security Office (ISO) said in a recent article in This Week @the U, the official blog of the University of Utah. “In order to play, you’re paying with
your privacy."
Some early users were unaware that by accepting the app’s terms and conditions they’d allowed "Full Access" to their Google accounts to play, while others were duped into downloading copycat applications containing malware and viruses.
On July 12, the U's Chief Information Security Officer Dan Bowden addressed these issues with the news media.
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