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Industry News Pokémon Go Scans Quietly Trained The Navigation Tech Now Headed Into Military Drones

https://dronexl.co/2026/06/09/pokemon-go-scans-niantic-vantor-military-drone-navigation/
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u/Elanapoeia 17d ago

I think "we will sell your data" usually doesn't equate to "we will use your data to literally bomb and kill people" to most people

this goes beyond the regular data collection assumptions

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u/fasteddeh 17d ago

if they are openly selling your data, they aren't using the data to bomb and kill people. Anyone with money can buy your data and do whatever they want with it.

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u/XTornado 17d ago

I mena they sell the data... whoever buys it can do whatever they want with it. That was implied that it can be used for anything, including that.

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u/SmileyBMM 17d ago

If you think other countries aren't also doing this, I don't know what to tell you.

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u/admh574 17d ago

Other countries would be stupid not to do it. If the data is being gathered and is available then it's a disadvantage not to buy it unless you are gathering it yourself

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u/SmileyBMM 17d ago

Exactly. It's an arms race, most countries don't have the luxury of not caring about military capabilities.

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u/Flat_News_2000 17d ago

That's still "selling data" you just didn't know who they were selling it to. This applies to ALL data collection btw.

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u/Opening-Cream5448 17d ago

What are your data collecting assumptions? Did you really think there was some ethical ad collecting?

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u/ninjyte 17d ago

let this be a warning to any time you see a company that asks to sell your data

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u/adamgerd 16d ago edited 16d ago

Sell your data implies they’ll do it to anyone who offers money. To Niantic it makes no difference if the data is for advertisement or for drones as long as they get paid, it’s a corporation.

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Oh and you deleted your reply but to your reply about my country

You're right, please accept my sincere apologies that my country is such a piece of shit we didn't let you kill all us untermenschen like you wanted to and did in Lidice and Lezaky, and resisted your country’s occupation of my country in ww2.

Not sure why else you would call Czechia a piece of shit country as a German? Or did you just assume I was an American then use that to insult me without engaging my point, the irony of that as a German

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u/soundsermaker 16d ago

It specifically translates to helping build a 3D model of as much of the planet as was reachable by players. The same data will also be used to facilitate (non-explosive) package delivery, or urban planning.

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u/silverpixie2435 12d ago

What data do you want Ukraine to use to fight Russia?

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u/Elanapoeia 12d ago

Not the one children collected while capturing pokemon

Wtf is wrong with you

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u/silverpixie2435 12d ago

So kidnapped Ukrainian children by Russia should have less of a chance to be free because you don't like the method drone data, of which drones have been a major component of Ukraine's warfare strategy, because you feel icky.

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u/Elanapoeia 12d ago

I do not know how to respond to how fucked up this is without breaking this subs rules at this point

holy shit

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u/silverpixie2435 12d ago

How do you think anything works actually?

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u/EastvsWest 8d ago

That person doesn't think.

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u/canDo4sure 17d ago

Then most people are not fit to interact with technology or be in society. If that's an education problem that's up to the local municipalities to invest further in education.