A corpse, a whack on skateboard, a false application and theft, part of the phenomenon of hunting Pokemon Nintendo unleashed in the US
It is a phenomenon. According to analysis firm Web Similar data, Pokémon Go, the game to capture and train creatures of fiction in the “real world” which appear on the phone screen user against the true background captured by his camera, has been installed in 5.16% of all Android phones in the United States. And this in just over a week. While there are countries like UK- where it is not available.
“To put it in context, this is more than what has Tinder dating application. Twice, in fact,” wrote the correspondent BBC technology in the US, David Lee.
And, on average, players spend 43 minutes Pokémon Go. So we can say without equivocation that has captured the imagination of fans around the world. The catch is that it has also done with the friends of the alien
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This has led to unintended consequences chase after Pikachu and his friends through the streets of the city. In addition to other problems, of which we tell you then.
1. Thieves really
Police in Missouri, United States, reported that it had arrested four suspects to attract a group of people to a place to rob them at gunpoint, using Pokémon Go.
“the way that we believe was used is that you can add a kind of beacon to attract more players (to certain places). Apparently (the thieves) used the application to locate people who were in the midst of a parking or elsewhere, “he said police in the town of O’Fallon on his Facebook page.
Some sites offer bonuses and larger chance of capturing rare species of Pokémon. Thieves located the place and sat down to wait. Three of the suspects, one is less of age were imposed on charges of first-degree robbery and armed criminal action.
Meanwhile, companies responsible for the game issued a statement recommending “who GO play Pokémon be attentive to their surroundings “and” playing with friends when they go to new or unfamiliar places “.
2. A corpse
In another incident, a 19-year-old found something that was not exactly a Pokémon morning last Sunday when he was looking for Pokémones in the state of Wyoming.
The application had indicated that there was a creature near a natural watercourse. So he went to the Big Wind River. “I was walking towards the bridge near the shore when I saw something in the water,” he told local Channel 10 News County. “I had to look twice to realize it was a corpse.”
She called the police, who said the person seemed to have accidentally drowned. Young, meanwhile, he said the experience was “shocking”. But he thinks not but leave the game.
3. Wounded several
From the outset commentators, but also authorities foresaw the possibility that players Pokémon Go stay as involved with their phones that endanger their own integrity.
the first to issue a warning was a police station in northern Australia, which reminded fans the healthy habit of looking at both sides of the street before crossing. Police in Washington state, US, launched a similar warning: “No search Pokémones behind the wheel,” he said in his Twitter profile
And we have begun to emerge cases. . Mike Shultz, a student of communications New York 21, fell off his skateboard while searching digital monsters. Shultz cut his hand when he fell on the pavement. Kyrie Tompkins a freelancer web designer twisted her ankle falling when he received notification that was near a Pokémon. “The phone rang. I looked up and I fell into space,” he said.
For now, however, there has been no serious incidents. He ran for the species networks a traffic accident of major proportions had happened in Massachusetts, but turned out to be false.
4. Applications malicious
Returning to the virtual world, has no lack of those who try to take advantage of impatience to attack the phone of some unsuspecting.
The launch of the app Pokémon has become stepwise. And the first change was so successful, that the servers collapsed, which introduced an unexpected delay. In countries where it is not yet available, many are vulnerable to the temptation to install “alternative versions”. Comes in false application.
According to a blog by security company Proofpoint, it is circulating a certain app that supposedly gives access to the game, but “virtually gives the attacker control Total phone of the victim “.
the program includes a tool” malicious remote control “called DroidJack, which provides access” through the backdoor “to the phone and all information contained therein.
So if you already have Pokemon Go, remember that there is a real world where the blows hurt. And if not, tené patience down a false application will end up hurting too. In both cases, repair the damage will have to wait to embark on the Pokémon fever
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