By Sam Gerrans is an English writer, translator, support counselor and activist. He also has professional backgrounds in media, strategic communications and technology.
I don’t need simulated drama in my life. When you stand up and speak out, more of the real thing will find you than you could possibly want.
Since I stopped working in the corporate world, I don’t even carry a mobile phone. I have one, but it is permanently in airplane mode, has no sim card, and I don’t take it anywhere. I use it as an alarm clock.
When I go for a walk, I actually look where I am going.
I’m used to being walked at by apparently brainwashed automata oblivious to their surroundings tapping furiously into their phones. I make no attempt to walk round these zombies. If one walks into me I stop and I stand there till it enters consciousness sufficiently to move around me.
This free application has raised the market value of Pokémon’s parent company Nintendo by 7.5 billion dollars.
But how can a free app do that?
Nothing is free. These zombie clusters are unwittingly collecting data and sending it to Nintendo’s servers, which it then sells. Pokémon clearly states in its terms and conditions that it can use the data you provide it to any government or law-enforcement agency it wishes.
The man behind Pokémon Go is John Hanke. Hanke is also behind Google Earth, Google Maps and Google Street View. He did this with a company called Keyhole, which got its funding through In-Q-Tel.
In-Q-Tel is strategically located in Arlington, Virginia, and invests in companies the sole purpose of which is to keep the Central Intelligence Agency and other intelligence agencies equipped with the latest technology in support of US intelligence capabilities.
In short: Hanke’s specialization is making stuff and gathering data for the CIA. And now he has millions of little helpers doing his work and making him richer – for free.
PokeCraze: #Pokémon GOes to top of charts, becomes biggest game in US history https://t.co/uCK5oVK8h2 #PokemonGo pic.twitter.com/97OrVJOEeZ
— RT (@RT_com) 14 июля 2016 г.
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