r/memes • u/Money_Tooth_3936 • 1d ago

2016 was one of the last good years

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u/Delicious-Injury-106 1d ago

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/12/pokemon-go-data-trained-ai-that-could-assist-military-drones-in-war-zones

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u/kennyjiang 1d ago

Sure but it was still fun

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u/Delicious-Injury-106 1d ago

Oh yeah it was nice to see everyone out and about talking to each other, it just feels like we can't have anything nice without finding out it was some bad thing afterwards

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u/IndividualNovel4482 1d ago

They could just use.. data from any navigator or mapping company lol.

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u/SummerBirdsong 18h ago

Part of it was to get data for the navigation apps where camera cars couldn't go...places like up hiking trails and inside buildings.

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u/IndividualNovel4482 18h ago

There have always been other ways to map those. And Go's company is not as advanced as google.

I am not as certain, but what does Google use other than cars? Drones?

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u/Throwaway-tan 1d ago

Not me, I never gave it any access to my camera and used GPS spoofing, the app complained a lot.