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‘Pokémon Go’ players have been unknowingly training delivery robots (www.popsci.com)

submitted 5 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip [M] to c/technology@lemmy.zip

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The massive crowdsourcing effort could use real-world to help robots deliver pizza.

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[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip [S] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Unless you are a time traveler you had no way to know your data will be used this way in the future. The deal was only signed on March 10ht 2026.

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[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

Ever since I learned Pokemon Go was owed by Google I knew they were gathering data to sell, even if I didn’t know exactly what it would be used for yet.

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[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

idk, I assumed it would be used for every data-science application for all future time. the privacy policy was terrible.

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[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip [S] 4 points 5 months ago

Right, but assumption is not a reliable source. It was expected that the data will be sold to 3rd parties, but nobody knew how or when it will happen hence "unknowingly".

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