March 21, 2026 12:48 am (IST)
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Oscar winning director, Oliver Stone, finds Pokemon Go an invasion of privacy
San Diego, Jul 22 (IBNS): Film Director Oliver Stone has warned that gaming apps such as 'Pokemon Go' signify a "new level of invasion" and could lead to "totalitarianism". He was speaking at the Comic Con International, according to media reports.
Three-times Oscar winner Oliver Stone was at San Diego to promote his film on NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden.
He was on a panel, which also included stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley and Zachary Quinto. A member of the audience asked if the panel saw any security concerns in the gaming app Pokemon Go.
Time quoted the director saying, “The profits are enormous here for places like Google. They’ve invested a huge amount of money in data mining—what you are buying, what you like, your behavior. It’s what some people call surveillance capitalism.”
Stone believes the information gathered will allow corporations to manipulate peoples' behaviour., the media reported.
Incidentally. the free to download app Pokémon Go has faced criticism over privacy security and concerns that the app could access a player’s entire Google account, including email and passwords, according to media reports. Consumer advocates in Germany have already threatened to sue the maker Niantic Labs if they do not make the app's privacy terms more secure.
Niantic, insisted the move was unintentional and reassured users it was not collecting any exceptional data, media reported.
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