It’s not really surprising that people are becoming more distrustful and cynical about tech (and everything else) when there’s a constant drumbeat of stories, like this, about a seemingly innocuous game/tool/website harvesting data that is then used for murderous purposes:
saw this cap on tumblr and god it really is like that
Pokémon Go players' 30 billion scans trained navigation tech now bound for military drones, via Niantic Spatial's defense partnership with Vantor.
“Why are you banging your head against the wall?” asked Frog.
“I hope that if I bang my head against the wall, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.
