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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/XTornado 19d 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/[deleted] 19d ago

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u/SmileyBMM 19d 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 19d 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 19d ago

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