L0la L33tz on Nostr: Now that Fold App is going public, let's remember that the company partnered with ...
Now that Fold App is going public, let's remember that the company partnered with PokemonGo developer Niantic, which was recently revealed to appropriate user data to train a geospatial AI that might be sold to "governments and militaries".
For context, Niantic was developed as an internal Google startup by John Hanke, who previously founded the CIA financed geospatial visualizer Keyhole, which would later turn into Google Earth and Google Maps.
During his tenure at Google, Hanke was responsible for the largest data scandal in Google's history, called WiSpy – in which Google Street View cars stole WiFi credentials while scanning locations, illegally exporting the personal data to Google HQs, includng email addresses and passwords.
Fold has not responded to a request for comment on whether it knew of Niantic's AI training. Fold execs previously stated that Fold's game did not use Niantic's Lightship SDK.
I know a lot of you are friends with Will, but boy does this guy make bad decisions.
For context, Niantic was developed as an internal Google startup by John Hanke, who previously founded the CIA financed geospatial visualizer Keyhole, which would later turn into Google Earth and Google Maps.
During his tenure at Google, Hanke was responsible for the largest data scandal in Google's history, called WiSpy – in which Google Street View cars stole WiFi credentials while scanning locations, illegally exporting the personal data to Google HQs, includng email addresses and passwords.
Fold has not responded to a request for comment on whether it knew of Niantic's AI training. Fold execs previously stated that Fold's game did not use Niantic's Lightship SDK.
I know a lot of you are friends with Will, but boy does this guy make bad decisions.