1. Google no longer owns Niantic, they spun off as their own company last year. 2. The security risk isn't that Niantic is going to turn evil, it's that Nianti

1. Google no longer owns Niantic, they spun off as their own company last year. 2. The security risk isn't that Niantic is going to turn evil, it's that Niantic becomes an access point for other (evil) hackers.