{"id":1038,"date":"2016-07-13T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themodernconnection.com\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2016-07-13T09:00:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T13:00:53","slug":"webweds-privacy-issues-with-pokemon-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/targetmarket.com\/webweds-privacy-issues-with-pokemon-go\/","title":{"rendered":"#WebWeds: Privacy Issues With Pokemon Go"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"#WebWeds:<\/p>\n

Note: This was featured as part of our Web Wednesday segment on <\/span><\/i>Charleston\u2019s 105.5 The Bridge<\/span><\/i><\/a> with Box in the Morning. You can catch us every Wednesday morning at 8:20 am ET for your dose of social media & digital marketing news. You can listen to the segment below or watch it on Facebook Live:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\nhttp:\/\/themodernconnection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/071316-Web-Wed.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Pok\u00e9mon Go is here, and it\u2019s taking over <\/span>the world<\/span><\/a>. If you\u2019ve been out and about this week, you\u2019ve more than likely seen a surplus of people screaming into their phones while blindly bumbling about town.<\/span><\/p>\n

But what <\/span>is<\/span><\/i> it?<\/span><\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon Go is Nintendo\u2019s newest release: a ploy to get people out of their homes, on their feet, and playing into the latest trend of \u201caugmented reality.\u201d This game has taken the world of Pok\u00e9mon and planted it into the real world, requiring users to go hunting for Pok\u00e9mon in their own neighborhoods and cities.<\/span><\/p>\n

So far the game has become a phenomenon. Everywhere you look on social media, you can see another player posting screenshots, memes, or articles about the game. As you can imagine, Nintendo\u2019s stock has skyrocketed, with a boost of $9 billion and counting. In fact, the app is already netting more downloads than the popular dating app Tinder, and it\u2019s on track to outperform <\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a> (one of the most popular social media platforms) in daily active users. And it hasn\u2019t even been released in most of the world yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, all good things come with a catch. There are some privacy concerns that users should be aware of.<\/p>\n