{"id":41365,"date":"2016-07-18T10:20:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T14:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/worldwide-pokemania-crashes-servers-raises-security-concerns\/"},"modified":"2016-07-18T10:20:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T14:20:53","slug":"worldwide-pokemania-crashes-servers-raises-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/worldwide-pokemania-crashes-servers-raises-security-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Worldwide Pokemania Crashes Servers, Raises Security Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Worldwide Pokemania Crashes Servers, Raises Security Concerns<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/pokemongo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/pokemongo.jpg?resize=740%2C416\" alt=\"Pokemon Go\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/pokemongo.jpg?w=1920 1920w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/pokemongo.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/pokemongo.jpg?resize=768%2C432 768w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/pokemongo.jpg?resize=1024%2C576 1024w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/pokemongo.jpg?resize=150%2C84 150w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/pokemongo.jpg?w=1480 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Pokemon Go&rdquo; has only been available for a week but the augmented reality game that allows smartphone users to catch cartoon Pokemon&nbsp;has already amassed more than 21&nbsp;million active users. And that number is growing. Fast.<\/p>\n<p>So is the server load, apparently.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Pokemon Go&nbsp;servers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2016\/jul\/16\/pokemon-go-server-crash-niantic-europe-us?CMP=edit_2221\">crashed across Europe and the United States<\/a>, with the company saying in a statement that it had fielded an &ldquo;incredible number&rdquo; of downloads. It urged patience from its&nbsp;mobile app users.&nbsp;(A&nbsp;hacking group also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pokemongo\/comments\/4t4h0t\/pokemon_go_servers_have_been_ddosed_by_poodlecorp\/\">claimed<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pokemongo\/comments\/4t4h0t\/pokemon_go_servers_have_been_ddosed_by_poodlecorp\/\">&nbsp;responsibility<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<div data-entity-id=\"90475\" data-entity-title=\"pokemon isis\" data-entity-type=\"node\">The Niantic Labs&nbsp;game has officially been released in 26 countries, including&nbsp;the&nbsp;US, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, UK, Spain, Portugal and Italy. But&nbsp;determined (erm,&nbsp;desperate) players elsewhere are finding loopholes,&nbsp;downloading hacked versions of the game and&nbsp;opening themselves up for all kinds of security issues in the process. And then there was that whole&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/07\/12\/pokemon-go-update-fixes-ios-google-access\/\">Google account fiasco<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>Despite the issues and delays, the palpable feeling of Pokemania is hard to resist for many. So they play, anyway. For the love of Pikachu.<\/p>\n<p>In Saudi Arabia:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Salam alaikum<br \/>Excuse me,I found a Pok&eacute;mon in your home<br \/>Can I come in to catch him?&#8221;<br \/>Yup <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PokemonGO?src=hash\">#PokemonGO<\/a> fever hit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Saudi?src=hash\">#Saudi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Udp1GyDLD5\">pic.twitter.com\/Udp1GyDLD5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ahmad Al-shathry (@Abunass3r) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Abunass3r\/status\/752746075254038528\">July 12, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>India:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I don&#8217;t know what I expected <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PokemonGo?src=hash\">#PokemonGo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TajMahal?src=hash\">#TajMahal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Zubat?src=hash\">#Zubat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PZxh3i9FrG\">pic.twitter.com\/PZxh3i9FrG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matthew Bennett (@bennett_matt93) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennett_matt93\/status\/751660140416294912\">July 9, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Israel:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pokemongo?src=hash\">#pokemongo<\/a> meets <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/reallife?src=hash\">#reallife<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pokemon?src=hash\">#pokemon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/israel?src=hash\">#israel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kotel?src=hash\">#kotel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/jerusalem?src=hash\">#jerusalem<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/photooftheday?src=hash\">#photooftheday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/picofth?src=hash\">#picofth<\/a>&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d54yu84892\">t.co\/d54yu84892<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/19GkTZJDua\">pic.twitter.com\/19GkTZJDua<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Todd Rosenblatt (@RosenblattTodd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RosenblattTodd\/status\/752198355141427200\">July 10, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At a US anti-police brutality protest:<\/p>\n<p>In South Korea, a country with significant security restrcitions on mapping data, Poke-heads have been flocking to Northern city of Sokcho, bordering Noth Korea. Sokcho has not been classified as a South Korean territory, and can therefore be mapped by Google maps, the GPS foundation of &ldquo;Pokemon Go.&rdquo; The city has taken to its elite status as a Pokemon destination, providing visitors with maps of free local Wi-Fi&nbsp;spots and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2016\/jul\/13\/pokemon-go-south-koreans-remote-area-sokcho-google-maps\">hailing itself<\/a> the &ldquo;only Pokemon Go&rdquo; holy land on the peninsula.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As game developer Zach Gage told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/7\/15\/12198734\/pokemon-go-designer-roundtable-discussion\">The Verge<\/a>, &ldquo;In an aggressively fractured world of headphones and podcasts and socially filtered news, it&rsquo;s really exciting to see a piece of tech that makes the social space feel vast and whole again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pri.org\/stories\/2016-07-16\/worldwide-pokemania-crashes-servers-raises-security-concerns\" target=\"_blank\">story<\/a> was first published on <a href=\"http:\/\/pri.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">PRI.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/07\/pokemon-go-crashes\/\">Worldwide Pokemania Crashes Servers, Raises Security Concerns<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/\">Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=VwLDSIDSAT4:rbIemgMEmyg:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=VwLDSIDSAT4:rbIemgMEmyg:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=VwLDSIDSAT4:rbIemgMEmyg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=VwLDSIDSAT4:rbIemgMEmyg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=VwLDSIDSAT4:rbIemgMEmyg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=VwLDSIDSAT4:rbIemgMEmyg:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=VwLDSIDSAT4:rbIemgMEmyg:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/VwLDSIDSAT4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/VwLDSIDSAT4\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/VwLDSIDSAT4\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worldwide Pokemania Crashes Servers, Raises Security Concerns &ldquo;Pokemon Go&rdquo; has only been available for a week but the augmented reality game that allows smartphone users to catch cartoon Pokemon&nbsp;has already amassed more than 21&nbsp;million active users. And that number is growing. Fast. So is the server load, apparently. On Saturday, Pokemon Go&nbsp;servers&nbsp;crashed across Europe and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/worldwide-pokemania-crashes-servers-raises-security-concerns\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worldwide Pokemania Crashes Servers, Raises Security Concerns<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Worldwide Pokemania Crashes Servers, Raises Security Concerns - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/worldwide-pokemania-crashes-servers-raises-security-concerns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Worldwide Pokemania Crashes Servers, Raises Security Concerns - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Worldwide Pokemania Crashes Servers, Raises Security Concerns &ldquo;Pokemon Go&rdquo; has only been available for a week but the augmented reality game that allows smartphone users to catch cartoon Pokemon&nbsp;has already amassed more than 21&nbsp;million active users. 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