alt Hacker News> crowdsourced data, seemingly collected for one purpose
> Whether players knew it or not, those scans were creating 3D models of the real world
Kind of shitty reporting. Did users know about this data collection or not? Was it not disclosed?
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jeroenhd • today at 3:12 PM
The privacy policy was just a generic corporate "we may collect some information to improve a service" crap.
Technically, lawyers will argue that users had to opportunity to inform themselves.
Practically, nobody knew.
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Yes. You had to enable AR scans, follow the prompts that tried to ensure they were quality (although lots of people just scanned the ground), then click a big green upload button. When completed, you were compensated with in-game items.
I think it was quite obvious they were harvesting data although lesser technical players maybe weren't.
What's less obvious is the fact they record all your location data for who-knows-what purposes.