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there's a big Pokemon go security flaw to be fixed in a blog post Adam Reeve noted that there's a big privacy flaw in Pokemon go for iOS when you first start the game you must create an account you have two options set one up on Pokemon comm or sign in with a Google account Reeve signed in with Google but noted that Pokemon go does not tell you what permissions it needs read checked out apps connected to his Google account and found that Pokemon go had full access to his Google account that would mean that anyone who has access to the Game Servers could reach nearly all information in a Google account like your email photos navigation history almost everything after the news broke game developer Niantic released a statement the company says the iOS app erroneously requests full access permissions to a Google account now yet it continued saying Pokemon go only accesses basic profile information like your user ID and email address the company is working on a fix so the app asks for basic profile information to calm everyone down Niantic also says google has verified that no other information has been received or accessed by Pokemon go or Niantic google is also working on a fix on its side to make sure Pokemon gos permissions are limited to basic profile data pokemon gold players on iOS should not need to take any action to protect themselves if you're unfamiliar with Pokemon go at this point I don't even know how you did it Bravo but seriously check out cnet.com because we've got that covered that's it for this tech news update I'm Maya's akhtar and you can stay on top of the biggest stories at cnet.com slash you