technology·Technologybysanitation Scans by Dutch Pokémon Go players may have helped U.S. develop military drone technologyhttps://nltimes.nl/2026/06/06/scans-dutch-pokemon-go-players-may-helped-us-develop-military-drone-technologyOpen linkView original on lemmy.today103Comments4
HHudell lemmy.dbzer0.comThe only new thing for me in this article was learning that Niantic started calling themselves game developers in 2025, ending the one thing I could respect them for (self identifying as a data collection company).30
TThorry feddit.org1Hide 1 replyUS: We've created a drone system that can perfectly navigate your country using your data. Padme Netherlands: To help defend us right? US: Stares Padme Netherlands: You are going to defend us right?30
bbelochka replylemmy.worldIn that light I'm glad I never played that, living in Moscow near an internal troops division. Doesn't matter, though, someone has.4
The only new thing for me in this article was learning that Niantic started calling themselves game developers in 2025, ending the one thing I could respect them for (self identifying as a data collection company).
US: We've created a drone system that can perfectly navigate your country using your data.
Padme Netherlands: To help defend us right?
US: Stares
Padme Netherlands: You are going to defend us right?
In that light I'm glad I never played that, living in Moscow near an internal troops division. Doesn't matter, though, someone has.
Hate this timeline. Yay, child labor for military tech.