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8. Bosnian Pokemon Go Players Warned to Look Out for Landmines
A warning has been issued to Pokemon Go players in Bosnia, telling them to be wary of landmines, while playing.
Posavina bez mina, a Bosnian demining charity, told players to exercise extreme caution in a post on their Facebook page, after they were getting reports of Pokemon Go players going into areas with known land mines.
The Facebook post stated that “We received information that some users of the Pokemon Go app in Bosnia were going to places which are a risk for mines, in search of a pokemon,”
Posavina bez mina also added that “Citizens are urged not to do so, to respect demarcation signs of dangerous mine fields and not to go into unknown areas,”
9. Florida Teenagers Thought to be Thieves Shot at While Playing Pokemon Go
Two Florida teens luckily escaped serious injury, after a man fired a gun at them, mistaking them for thieves.
According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, the two teens were in a vehicle at about 1:30 a.m., playing Pokemon Go, when the homeowner heard the pair say “did you get anything”?
He man went out to challenge the two, as he thought they were thieves. He shot at their car, when the refused to stop.
The teens were not hurt, as they sped away as soon as they heard the shots.
10. A Vaperon Appeared in New York Central Park and Everyone Loses It!
https://twitter.com/MrNobre/status/754144048529625088
The emergence of a Vaperon in New York’s Central Park, resulted in a stampede of Pokemon Go Players and stampede could be used as an overstatement.
You had a massive rush of players and even one person jumped out there car, leaving it in the middle of the road, with the engine running.
11. The Holocaust Museum & Arlington National Cemetery are Asking Players to Stay Away
Both the Holocaust Museum and Arlington National Cemetery have warned Pokemon Go players to stay away.
The museum and cemetery have been designated as a Pokestop, a place where players can come can get free in-game items and they are not happy about that.
A spokesman for the museum said that playing a game inside a memorial to victims of Nazism is “extremely inappropriate.”, While cemetery officials issued a statement that “Playing games such as ‘Pokémon Go’ on these hallowed grounds would not be deemed appropriate,”
12. Auschwitz Museum Bans “Pokemon Go”
The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, in Poland, which is a memorial to the victims of Nazism has made it known that it does not allow people to play “Pokemon Go” on their smartphones during the tour of the memorial. Pawel Sawicki, the Auschwitz Museum spokesman told The Associated Press that it was “disrespectful to the memory of the victims of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp on many levels and it is absolutely inappropriate.”
13. A Driver Crashed into a Tree While Playing ‘Pokemon Go’
A week after the release of augmented reality game, Pokemon Go, a 28 year-old driver crashed into a tree while trying to catch these virtual creatures. The Auburn Pub reported that the driver became distracted while playing the game, ran off the road and crashed.
Auburn Police Chief Shawn Butler said the driver suffered cuts to both legs and was disoriented, but was not seriously injured.
“The engine was actually starting to come into the passenger compartment,” Butler said. “Extremely lucky.”
In an interesting update, the driver who crashed wasn’t even driving his own car—it was his 20-year-old younger brother Zachary Cary’s ride.
Zachary has setup a Go Fund me account as essentially he said:
“I saved up my earnings from my first job in high school to buy that car. I spent a year fixing it and investing more money in it to make it roadworthy. Then my brother wrapped it around a tree in hot pursuit of a pokemon. I didn’t even know he was driving my car that night until I heard about the crash.”
14. Install Pokemon Go and You Grant It Permission to Read Your Gmail
The Verge published an article highlighting that users who sign into the app, using a Google Account are basically granting permission over all the information linked to the account, including the power to read and send emails.
In the article, they highlighted that Full access gives an application broad powers over information in a user’s Google Account, including the ability to read emails stored by Gmail or trace location history through Google Maps.
The Verge updates original story with a statement from Niantic, the Pokemon Go publisher, updating the situation. In the statement they promise to reduce the permissions, highlighting that the app never accessed more than the users basic profile data, despite all the overboard permissions.