This is truly one of the most evil things I've heard about in a long time. The thought that people innocently playing Pokemon Go have helped train killer drones is truly some dystopian nightmare fuel.
Punk on Bus Lives!🚍📻
Here's the full article for those interested. Insanely bleak stuff, I don't think I'll ever be able to look at the Pokemon franchise the same way again
dronexl.co/2026/06/09/p...
Pokémon Go players' 30 billion scans trained navigation tech now bound for military drones, via Niantic Spatial's defense partnership with Vantor.
