Fraud Detection in Pokémon Go

I play Pokémon Go. There, I've admitted it. One of the interesting aspects of the game I've been watching is how the game's publisher, Niantic, deals with cheaters. There are three basic types of cheating in Pokémon Go. The first is botting, where a computer plays the game instead of a person. Th...

PIL filed in Court to Ban ‘Pokémon Go’ in India for Hurting Religious Sentiments

Pokémon GO has yet not been officially launched in India, but the location-based augmented reality game has already fueled a privacy debate and request for Ban. Isn't that weird? A Gujarat resident, Alay Anil Dave has recently filed a Public Interest Litigation PIL in the Gujarat High Court again...

Pokémon GO Creator's Twitter Account Hacked — Pika, Pikaaaa!

Twitter account of another high-profile CEO has been hacked! This time, it's Niantic CEO John Hanke, the developer behind the world's most popular game Pokémon GO. And it seems like Hanke is so busy with its newly launched game Pokémon GO that he hasn't noticed or took any measures against it eve...

Google, Niantic to Limit Data Pokémon GO Collects

Niantic, Inc. – the company behind the ubiquitous, can’t-go-10-minutes-without-hearing-about-it Pokémon GO game – said Monday night it wasn’t the company’s intent to request full access permission of its users’ Google accounts. The company, a Google spinoff, was put in the crosshairs over its...

Uh-Oh! Pokémon GO grants itself 'Full Access' to your Google Account — Fix It NOW

Nintendo's new location-based augmented reality game Pokémon GO has been making rounds since its launch just a few days ago. People are so excited to catch 'em all that brought Nintendo's market-value gains to $7.5 Billion £5.8 Billion in just two days – the highest surge since 1983. Due to the...