It wasn't "real world spy warfare", which makes me think of Hong Kong protests vs China. It's literally just players cheating at a massive scale in a real world game by (in some cases) stalking others and taking the game too seriously.
If it was from anywhere else other than vice I'd agree the title's pretty clickbaity, but that's pretty much what I expect from them.
I'm not sure how i really feel about AR games. They look kind of fun, but I've seen a lot of people get really into Pokemon go, to the point where they put themselves at risk. I was in a car with a guy that played it when he suddenly threw his phone at me so I could catch a Pokemon for him while he turned left on a 4 way intersection onto a 6 lane road. That scared the shit out of me, he had been trying himself with his phone on the steering wheel before he realized how dangerous he was being. It was almost as bad as being in a car with a drunk driver.
I was hoping this would be something like a nation state manipulating an AR app's reward locations to pick up images or audio from hacked phones. Has anyone tried that yet?
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A good read though, if you're into AR games.
I'm not sure how i really feel about AR games. They look kind of fun, but I've seen a lot of people get really into Pokemon go, to the point where they put themselves at risk. I was in a car with a guy that played it when he suddenly threw his phone at me so I could catch a Pokemon for him while he turned left on a 4 way intersection onto a 6 lane road. That scared the shit out of me, he had been trying himself with his phone on the steering wheel before he realized how dangerous he was being. It was almost as bad as being in a car with a drunk driver.
Same kind of intense involvement.
Too bad they're such a time suck... you have to have time for a normal life, or you burn out.