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Caveat: I've seen a number of players state or imply that playing this game has been the first decent exercise they've had in years. Lack of exercise is a far g

Caveat: I've seen a number of players state or imply that playing this game has been the first decent exercise they've had in years. Lack of exercise is a far greater threat to your well-being than having your Google account hacked, so if that's what it takes, go ahead and play the game anyway.

ceejayoz 10y ago
> Lack of exercise is a far greater threat to your well-being than having your Google account hacked... This is by no means universally true. Plenty of people get enough exercise outside of the app, and plenty of people have Google accounts for which compromise could be very significant. It should at the very least be disclosed in the OAuth flow that I'm giving away admin rights to the app. Facebook's flow won't even let me give away my email address without an explicit decision to do so. The current silent-but-deadly flow is inexcusably risky.
- smilingtom 10y ago
  You're saying having your Google account hacked is worse for your health than never exercising? What is wrong with you?
jonny_eh 10y ago
Pokemon Go, like most apps, is likely just a fad. In a few months, only a few thousand die hards will still be playing it. But the full access permissions will still be there.
- rwallace 10y ago
  Point. If you use a lot of things that require access permissions, maybe it should be part of your spring cleaning or some such to look through what you've given permission for, and cancel anything you haven't used in the last six months or whatever.
- TheOneTrueKyle 10y ago
  That's what my parents said 20 years ago... hasn't died yet
  - TheGRS 10y ago
    You should try the Go game. It may have some lasting power I haven't seen yet, but its not the normal Pokemon game by any stretch. The core gameplay is actually pretty boring once you've done it for a little while (i.e. once the initial euphoria of catching things wears off).
    - TheOneTrueKyle 10y ago
      Oh I have been playing and while it is far inferior to the core Pokemon gameplay, I have met over 30 new people because of this game in less than a week. People who I've never talked to at work, I am now talking to. I have honestly never used an app that has brought me closer together to the people around me. I don't see this being a fad.

ceejayoz 10y ago

> Lack of exercise is a far greater threat to your well-being than having your Google account hacked... This is by no means universally true. Plenty of people get enough exercise outside of the app, and plenty of people have Google accounts for which compromise could be very significant. It should at the very least be disclosed in the OAuth flow that I'm giving away admin rights to the app. Facebook's flow won't even let me give away my email address without an explicit decision to do so. The current silent-but-deadly flow is inexcusably risky.

smilingtom 10y ago
You're saying having your Google account hacked is worse for your health than never exercising? What is wrong with you?

jonny_eh 10y ago

Pokemon Go, like most apps, is likely just a fad. In a few months, only a few thousand die hards will still be playing it. But the full access permissions will still be there.

rwallace 10y ago
Point. If you use a lot of things that require access permissions, maybe it should be part of your spring cleaning or some such to look through what you've given permission for, and cancel anything you haven't used in the last six months or whatever.
TheOneTrueKyle 10y ago
That's what my parents said 20 years ago... hasn't died yet
- TheGRS 10y ago
  You should try the Go game. It may have some lasting power I haven't seen yet, but its not the normal Pokemon game by any stretch. The core gameplay is actually pretty boring once you've done it for a little while (i.e. once the initial euphoria of catching things wears off).
  - TheOneTrueKyle 10y ago
    Oh I have been playing and while it is far inferior to the core Pokemon gameplay, I have met over 30 new people because of this game in less than a week. People who I've never talked to at work, I am now talking to. I have honestly never used an app that has brought me closer together to the people around me. I don't see this being a fad.