The very first point mentioned in the article is that pokemon go requests access to too much data. This was a bug that has been (or is being?) addressed by the

The very first point mentioned in the article is that pokemon go requests access to too much data. This was a bug that has been (or is being?) addressed by the developers [0]. I believe this is usually the occasion to cite Hanlons razor[1]. [0] https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/222648408-Permissions-update https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor