This “game” provides perfect cover for terrorists and others who want to case out areas - let it go long enough and it will desensitize folks against strangers loitering and acting strange...
Astute prediction.
Programmers Gone Wild, again, with zero consideration for outcomes and consequences. Yuppies and millenials in high tech, with only the gleam of the success of their latest soft toys in their eyes, absent any call for social responsibility.
“This “game” provides perfect cover for terrorists and others who want to case out areas “
No, it seems to provide idiots a weak excuse for when they think trying to assault people for making them uncomfortable is justified.
“let it go long enough and it will desensitize folks against strangers loitering and acting strange..”
How about if someone isn’t committing a crime that you just mind your own business?
This game may be the a great thing for old cranks to virtue-signal off of that they are too “good” for something so “dumb”, but is harmless and no more destructive than all of stupid fads all of the people here did at one time or another.
It’s stupid summer fun that will play itself out. Let them have their fun.
My first thought as well. I quit geocashing because, imo, it wasn't safe anymore. 10-15 years ago, park rangers were getting reports from muggles about "terrorists" hiding stuff. The rangers would explain they weren't terrorists but after a while, who knows if their complacency might cause them to ignore a real call. Now, this new pokemon game takes it to another level.
Did you watch the video's of people after the Nice killings? So many were wandering around with their noses in their phones totally oblivious to their surroundings and a possible second wave of killings. People do not learn.