Insane.

People literally traded military intelligence for Pokémon.

anilakar 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Turns out intelligence gathering is pretty boring routine work, not Bond-esque spy stuff or stakeouts in camo nets and face paint.

In 2016 this wasn’t obviously happening/common knowledge. Remember to blame the perpetrators, not the victims.

	▲	drysine 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		In Russia people who warned about it were mocked as paranoid boomers. Today I wonder how many of them were paid or just encouraged to do the mocking.
	▲	self_awareness 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Huh? You still don't know how this works, do you? I mean, you can blame whoever you want, even Pikachu. Neither Niantic nor even one person cares who you blame.