alt Hacker NewsDespite the lack of transparency, is this so bad? Players are being given a game in exchange for collectively building a database.
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rasz • today at 8:10 PM
Database that will one day be used to program cruise missile.
Despite the lack of transparency, is this so bad? Players are being given a game in exchange for collectively building a database.
Database that will one day be used to program cruise missile.
It's the lack of transparency that is bad. PokemonGo did not make it clear it was taking (and uploading) pictures.
You could argue that "of course it must be for AR", but that isn't clear at all. The camera shows a live image before I take a photo, and I wouldn't expect a photo to be captured and sent if I didn't press the (virtual) shutter.
There are probably some cheap phones that do precisely that, and I'd be just as annoyed at them and raise the same concerns.