Nintendo Pokémon GO's new augmented reality game has begun to be released a few days ago and has already made a mistake. Nintendo's market value gains reached 7,5 in two dollars in just two days, the biggest increase seen by 1983.
Due to the huge interest in Pokémon GO, the hackers use the game's popularity to distribute malicious versions of the game that could install DroidJack malware on Android devices.
However, the biggest threat seems to be related to the privacy of consumers using the official iOS version applicationof Pokémon GO.
Ο Adam reeve reported that the Nintendo Pokémon GO game is a "huge security risk" as it for some reason gives you "full access to your Google Account" when you sign in to the Google App on your iPhone or iPad.
According to the official Google page, in any application that gives you full access to your account, you can:
"View and modify almost all information in your Google Account (can not change your password, delete your account, or pay with Google Wallet on your behalf)."
But he can do all the following:
Read all your email.
Send email for you.
Has access to your Google Drive documents (they can also delete them).
To see the history searchas well as your navigation history on Google Maps.
Has access to your private photos stored in Google Photos.
And a whole lot more.
Although Reeve writes only for iOS users, some Android users say their devices are also affected.
On the other hand, the company Niantic which developed the Pokémon GO game, released a statement saying that it had no intention of gaining full access to your Google account and that the app does not use user data beyond “basic profile information” such as user ID and email address.
"We recently discovered that the process of creating an account on Pokémon GO for iOS incorrectly requires full access to your Google Account," Niantic said.
"Once we learned of the error, we've been trying to develop a client-side solution to ask permission only for your basic Google profile information."
How to recall Pokémon GO's full access to your Google Account
From this Google page, select Pokemon GO and click the "Remove" button to revoke full access to your account.
