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[Mark Carver]

I heard the guys on 98 Rock talking about this new game (not my cup of tea mind you) this morning. But beware...

 

Researchers are warning would-be Pokémon Trainers that a malicious, backdoored version of the massively popular game Pokémon Go could be making the rounds soon.

 

An APK (Android application package file) of the game has been rigged with a remote access tool (RAT) called Droidjack that if installed, could essentially give an attacker complete access to a victim’s phone.

 

Pokémon Go, an augmented reality game based around the 30-year-old media franchise, hasn’t even been out in the U.S. for a week yet but has already been so popular that its servers have been repeatedly bogged down. Perhaps more surprisingly, the game has apparently already added nearly 11 billion dollars to the value of Nintendo, the app’s owner, since being released.

 

Researchers with the firm Proofpoint caution that while the APK hasn’t been spotted in the wild yet, it has been seen on a malicious file repository service, meaning it could only be a matter of time until its spread online.

https://threatpost.c...devices/119174/

[DJ MC]

This game is going to be the end of Western civilization.

[Markus]

Sounds like a fun game:

 

Pokemon Go leads teen to dead body

[Dupin]

This game is terrible.

 

Why am I playing it?

[Pedro Cerrano]

I don't get it. At all. You literally just walk around with your face in your phone catching animated creatures?

[You Play to Win the Game]

Fucking most retarded thing ever. Glad people can rally behind this shit but stay asleep at the wheel while Trump or Hillary become our next President.

[RShack]

Fucking most retarded thing ever. Glad people can rally behind this shit but stay asleep at the wheel while Trump or Hillary become our next President.

 

When Marx talked about religion being "the opiate of the masses", he couldn't have imagined this stuff...

[DJ MC]

When Marx talked about religion being "the opiate of the masses", he couldn't have imagined this stuff...

 

Games like this are definitely the methamphetamine.

[BobPhelan]

Tried it and deleted it after 5 minutes. Not for me.

[Pedro Cerrano]

I went to the grocery store tonight and there were 3 kids literally walking around the empty part of the parking lot with their faces in their phones.

[Chris B]

It's basically just geocaching

[Dupin]

The fad won't last.  But if it gets people moving and interacting with each other, which has been happening, maybe it'll have a positive impact.

[You Play to Win the Game]

I went to the grocery store tonight and there were 3 kids literally walking around the empty part of the parking lot with their faces in their phones.

We're raising zombies.

[Nigel Tufnel]

When people need to be told this, the end must be near.

 

Arlington Cemetery ‏@ArlingtonNatl  1h1 hour ago

We do not consider playing "Pokemon Go" to be appropriate decorum on the grounds of ANC. We ask all visitors to refrain from such activity.

 

[Mark Carver]

Three people robbed at gunpoint in Parkville while playing Pokemon Go

 

Police released details of the incident on Tuesday as they urged players to pay attention to their surroundings while participating in the viral game.

http://www.baltimore...0712-story.html

[Icterus galbula]

Its bizarre to me so many folks are willing to compromise all their phones privacy for this.

[tennOsfan]

http://www.nbcsandie...-386743551.html

 

Two men fall off cliff playing Pokemon Go.

[SportsGuy]

http://www.nbcsandie...-386743551.html

 

Two men fall off cliff playing Pokemon Go.

Morons

[You Play to Win the Game]

http://www.nbcsandie...-386743551.html   Two men fall off cliff playing Pokemon Go.

Good. Natural selection at work.

[Mike in STL]

So how long until someone sues Nintendo because they were hit by a bus while staring into their phone and crossing the street?