Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiArabia</span></a> Buys <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Pok%C3%A9monGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PokémonGo</span></a>, and Probably All of Your <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Location" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Location</span></a> Data<br>Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund bought most popular <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AR</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/videogame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videogame</span></a> of all time, with collective worldwide player base of over 100 million people.<br>An already very complicated and vast location data ecosystem that was controlled by one <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> company (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Niantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Niantic</span></a>) has now become a far more complicated location data ecosystem controlled by an “American” comp wholly owned by Saudi Arabian conglomerate.<br><a href="https://www.404media.co/saudi-arabia-buys-pokemon-go-and-probably-all-of-your-location-data/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/saudi-arabia-buys-</span><span class="invisible">pokemon-go-and-probably-all-of-your-location-data/</span></a></p>