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Title: News: Pokémon GO getting full access to Google Accounts of some iOS users (Update: Niantic working on fix)
Post by: HCK on July 12, 2016, 04:05:27 pm
News: Pokémon GO getting full access to Google Accounts of some iOS users (Update: Niantic working on fix)

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               While Pokémon GO has become a major phenomenon in less than a week, researcher Adam Reeve has noted a major flaw in the game, calling Pokémon GO “a huge security risk.” Pokémon GO players have two ways to sign on to the game — through a Google Account, or a Pokémon Trainer Club account. The latter is having major problems, so most users are signing on using their Google Account. And as Reeve points out, for some iOS users, Pokémon…

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