Niantic And Googles Relationship
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Why does Ingress use Googles platform, Google Docs, Linking to Google mail, and allows third party apps, i.e, IITC use Google Maps? There is a likely possibility CEO of Niantic, John Hanke, while head of Google Earth and maps localities department was participant of Google stupendous data scandal hence, intruding privacy rights via Google mail, wi-spying through mobile devices. Although, Mr. Hanke accuses Googles mobile department.
Hake, was involved in a class act lawsuit vs Global++ (an association of hacker) for coding software that created spoofing, which is ruining the game. The rumors are that the Gliobal++ we’re users of G+.. Does anyone have any insight about the lawsuit Or the hackers involved would appreciate feedback
IHake assisted the CIA, can anyone enlighten the purpose behind his cooperation?
Does portal scanning have any association with data collection outside of Niantic’s motives?
Positve and open Feedback is appreciated Tto be clear, I am not against or passing judgment the game or the CEO
Data Scandal article 👇🏻
https://theintercept.com/2016/08/09/privacy-scandal-haunts-pokemon-gos-ceo/
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why does Niantic use Google doc’s
Because it's free?
Allow users to log in by Google
Because they started under Google and almost EVERY game or site these days allows for social logins, including Google
Was the CEO, John Hanke involved with the G+ going off line?
Wait what now?
Despite being sued by John Hanke
Again, what?
Was the switch over to Ingess Prime because of Niantic and Google separation that most believe is the case?
The switch to Prime was because the old engine was deprecated. Nothing to do with Google
I'll start off by saying:
The change over to Prime was for the exact same reason on Apple as it was on Android: The framework the original game was built on was no longer supported by it's owner (who, over the years, ended up being Microsoft). It was easier to build a new engine on top of Unity. That's all there is to it.
G+ was shut down for the data leak, but it was probably already on the chopping block at Google, it just became a very easy excuse to expedite the shutdown.
Outside of Googler's still playing the game (I reviewed some new submissions at the Googleplex recently in Wayfarer), I doubt they have much involvement outside of someone approving the app updates on the Play Store.
Now, the real question: How many more VRLA do I have to recycle before I unlock access to the red faction?
Google had a stake in Niantic when it broke away. That stake has dramatically reduced since the various investment rounds, and is merely a vestigial financial arrangement.
As to why Niantic uses Google Docs... so do the rest of us. It's a free online service vs something like Microsoft Excel or Word documents or even the Office 365 thing.
Allowing Users to log into things on the internet is done through three methods. Direct username/password, Google OAuth and Facebook OAuth. Niantic does two of them because direct username/password sets them up for the dangers of malicious penetration.
Was the CEO, John Hanke involved with the G+ going off line?
No. Last I remember, he was instrumental in keeping it alive longer than it would have, by using it as the primary means of Ingress communication. G+ was basically a small number of private tech chats, and Ingress, at the end.
Google is clearly still highly involved with Niantic
No more than it is for any other high volume Google Cloud company. Pokemon Go makes billions in revenue and a large part of that is paid to it's cloud provider, which happens to be Google, not AWS, because the Niantic Devs already knew Google products.
Was the switch over to Ingess Prime because of Niantic and Google separation that most believe is the case?
No, it was completely because Microsoft bought and deprecated RoboVM which Ingress classic ran on, and both Apple and Google told them to remove any products that had unsupported frameworks. They had to rewrite the client from scratch so it was an opportunity to align it with Pokemon Go to reuse code and reduce development costs. That's also a large part of why Field Trip ended, because it wasn't worth writing a new client.
I'm not sure who the "most" are who believe it, but anyone who's been around Ingress since at least 2014 should know better.
Or was it because of the data and privacy breach that occurred?
If you mean the G+ one, completely unrelated.
Or was the separation because Google was involved in coding software that allows players to spoof?
I don't even know where this came from.
I'm going to stop responding given that every time something is shot down, the initial post changes. I'll just wait until the edit timer has ended before tearing down the claims.
Google Assistant is ADA! They even have similar voices!
I've had ingress muted since 2015.
Found you to actually be insightful without having to be sarcastic. Appreciated.
to simplify this for those of you who like to go off on tangents, and, or “ tirades & rants”.... Alphabet ≥ GOOGL. (Google inc.)
Alphabet ≤ Google's PARENT COMPANY!
still one in the same....
Google is the flagship subsidiary along with other prominent companies owned by Alphabet, such as YouTube, Nest, and Waze.
pffffttt....🙄
Alphabet has no direct relationship to Niantic at all.
... just to simplify it for you.
Also, from discussions with Google employees who stayed at Google when Niantic spun out, the Niantic Labs project was essentially deemed of zero value when they were doing the Alphabet breakup.
John Hanke disagreed, and convinced them to let him take the IP with him into an independent company (which they retained a stake in because of their history), because he believed that an independent company could make deals and prosper where a part of Google could not.
He proved himself right, when he made a deal with The Pokemon Company (and Nintendo) to make Pokemon Go, and generated a billion dollar revenue company.
If you want to vilify anyone, remember that John Hanke (@ace) is responsible for Ingress lasting past it's 3rd anniversary. Something many people here were not even part of.
If you don't like the data gathered through the game, there is a simple, painless, and completely free solution to it. Delete the game from your phone. Otherwise, enjoy the game and stop making up negative attacks on the game for attention.