Typically app developers use this approach to make sign-up quicker and easier for players – it uses existing credentials stored on your phone so you don’t have to create yet another online account.
The issue appears to stem from the fact that Niantic Labs uses an outdated version of Google’s shared sign-on service. In fact, both Google and Niantic Labs, say that “full access” counterintuitively means nothing of the sort, a claim backed up by independent security researchers.
The discovery sparked a wave of fear that playing the game might allow its developers, Niantic Labs, to read and send email, access, edit and delete documents in Google Drive and Google Photos, and access browser and maps histories.
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