>>WHERE SHOPPING IS A PLEASURE.
I WENT TO PUBLIX TO GET MY
GIRLFRIEND A PUBLIX GIFT
BECAUSE SHE LOVES IT.
LET'S MOVE ON.
>> I CAN SEE THE COMMENTS, I CAN
SENSE THEM.
>> LET'S GET INTO POK…MON.
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A STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON
CALLED OUT A REPORTER FOR
PLAYING POK…MON GO DURING AN
ISIS THEMED PRESS
CONFERENCE [VIDEO BUFFERING]
>> I THINK IF THEY WERE
IMPORTANT
REMINDER ñ YOU'RE PLAYING THE
POK…MON THING RIGHT THERE.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT REMINDER, WE
KNOW THIS WILL BE EASY.
WE RECOGNIZE ITS CHALLENGE.
WE ARE CLEAR ABOUT THE WORK
WE STILL HAVE TO DO.
THIS IS WHY WE WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH OUR COALITION
PARTNERS.
DID YOU GET ONE?
SORRY ABOUT THAT?
>>
THIS IS JUST A VERY REAL MOMENT.
THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE THE
PEOPLE WHO CREATED THE
POK…MON GO GAME ARE LIKE, YES.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT
THE SOUL OF THE WORLD ARE
LIKE, OH GOD.
THAT WAS JOHN KIRBY AT THE US
STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON.
THAT IS JUST A FANTASTIC
INTERACTION.
>>I WAS GOING TO SAY BRB
PLAYING POK…MON GO.
THERE IS ONE IN THE STUDIO AS
WE SPEAK.
I CAUGHT IT.
NOT A BIG DEAL.
BUT SERIOUSLY POK…MON GO IS
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE WORST GAME
EVER CREATED.
>>IT'S NOT FUN.
>>BUT IT'S SO ADDICTIVE.
I CAN'T STOP PLAYING.
>> IT'S SO AWESOME EVEN THOUGH
IT'S THE WORST GAME EVER.
EXPLAIN YOURSELF.
>>IT IS JUST NOT A GOOD
COMPLETE-GAME.
THEY RELEASED IT TOO EARLY
WITHOUT PUTTING IN THE
ACTUAL STUFF THAT MAKES
POK…MON SO INTERESTING.
THERE IS NO USER INTERACTION,
THE BATTLE SYSTEM IS OFF.
YOU CAN'T TRAIN WITH OTHER
PEOPLE, YOU CAN'T TRAIN
YOUR POK…MON BY BATTLING
OTHER POK…MON.
EVERYTHING IS MESSED UP.
>>DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, GRACE?
POK…MON GO, IT BASICALLY TURNED
THE ENTIRE WORLD INTO A
SCAVENGER HUNT.
IT'S IN A FICTIONAL WORLD WHERE
YOU GO FIND THESE MONSTERS,
AND YOU CAPTURE THEM, AND YOU
TRAIN THEM, AND YOU USE
THEM TO FIGHT PEOPLE.
YOU LOAD THE GAME, AND THE MAP
OF YOUR CITY IS THERE.
IT KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE, AND YOU
WALK AROUND AND IT TELLS YOU
HOW CLOSE THESE POK…MON MIGHT
BE, AND YOU GO SEARCH FOR THEM.
LITERALLY 20 MILLION DAILY
ACTIVE USERS ARE USING IN
35 COUNTRIES.
T-MOBILE SAW SUCH A SPIKE AND
POTENTIAL FOR THIS GAME
THAT THEY GAVE THEIR USERS ONE
FREE YEAR OF POK…MON DATA.
SOME PEOPLE THINK IT IS AN
INVASION OF PRIVACY.
>>I HAVE T-MOBILE.
THAT IS NOT A BAD DEAL.
>>I HAVE UNLIMITED DATA, I WAS
GRANDFATHERED IN, AND I
HAVE BEEN USING ñ I LOGGED ON 23
GIGS OF DATA I THINK FIVE DAYS
AFTER POK…MON CAME OUT.
IT WAS LIKE, WOW WE ARE
GOING TO STOP YOUR USAGE.
>> THIS STORY IN PARTICULAR
INTERESTED ME.
IT SHOWS HOW PERVASIVE THIS GAME
IS AND HOW IT HAS REACHED
ACROSS GENERATIONS ACROSS
PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY HAVE JOBS.
I THINK THERE IS THIS THOUGHT
THAT IF YOU ARE PLAYING
POK…MON GO DURING THE DAY YOU
ARE DOING NOTHING DURING
THE DAY AND ARE JUST A
BORING TEENAGER.
BUT CLEARLY THIS IS A
JOURNALIST, THEY HAVEN'T
RELEASED HIS IDENTITY
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN?
PROBABLY BETTER FOR YOU DUDE.
THIS GAME IS SO INCREDIBLY
POPULAR I DON'T THINK WE
HAVE EVEN BEGUN TO SEE THE
EXTENT OF HOW IT IS GOING
TO AFFECT CULTURE.
>> WE REPORTED ON IT ON POP
TRIGGER IMMEDIATELY AFTER
IT WAS RELEASED.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER SOMEONE SAID
THEY WERE FINDING DEAD
BODIES, WALKING INTO DITCHES,
AND CONTINUING TO PLAY.
IT IS AMAZING.
>>CAR ACCIDENTS.
THERE IS
OBVIOUSLY GOOD AND BAD.
ONE OF THE WORST THINGS IS THAT
NIANTIC IS QUESTIONABLE.
THEY ALSO CREATED KEYHOLE, THE
CIA'S INVESTING BRANCH.
IT'S A HUGE GOVERNMENT
SURVEILLANCE BUFF.
NIANTIC IS ALSO PARTIALLY
OWNED BY GOOGLE.
>>
OLIVER STONE HAS COME OUT
AND SAID HE DOESN'T KNOW MUCH
ABOUT THE GAME, BUT HE THINKS
THIS IS HOW ñ
>>GREAT SEGUE INTO OUR SECOND
PART OF THE STORY.
>> AT COMIC CON WHEN HE WAS
DOING A PROMOTIONAL PANEL
FOR HIS EDWARD SNOWDEN MOVIE, HE
SAID THIS: ALSO A FRIEND OF
THE SHOW, OLIVER STONE.
>>WHAT IS FUNNY TO ME IS THAT
ZACHARY QUINTO IS MAKING A
REFERENCE TO POK…MON AND TRY TO
MAKE A JOKE ON THE PANEL.
AND OLIVER STONE WAS LIKE, HOLD
THAT THOUGHT.
HE IS RIGHT.
THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THEY
ARE COLLECTING THROUGH THIS
GAME, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR
CAMERA, THEY CAN SERVE ALE
YOU NONSTOP AROUND-THE-CLOCK AND
KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE
AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY.
A LOT OF THESE APPS HAVE
BUILT-IN MODES.
SOME PEOPLE KNOW EVERY SINGLE
BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT
YOU FROM YOUR PHONE.
UBER HAS THIS, THEY KNOW
EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE.
WHEN YOU ALLOW LOCATION SERVICES
THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU
ARE, EVEN WHEN YOU'RE NOT USING
THE APP FOR THE MOST PART
AND THEY CAN TRACK YOU IF NEED
BE, AND WITHIN MOST OF
THESE NEW TERMS OF SERVICES THEY
PUT IN CLAUSES WHERE THEY
WILL GIVE THIS INFORMATION TO
POLICE FORCES OR GOVERNMENT
AUTHORITIES IF NEED BE.
YOU ARE GIVING AWAY ñ
IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO ON THE
LAM DON'T PLAY POK…MON GO.
THEY WILL CATCH YOU.
NO PUN INTENDED.
>>SHUT
OFF YOUR BACKGROUND DATA USAGE.
IN FACT, TAKE YOUR PHONE AND
THROW IT IN A SWAMP.
>> WITH THE INTERNET, HE IS
REFERRING TO GOOGLE.
THESE ARE PROFIT GIVING
COMPANIES.
THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY BY MINING
YOUR DATA, AND SERVING YOU
ADS THAT YOU NEED TO SEE.
I PERSONALLY APPRECIATE THAT
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT
INCREASES USER EXPERIENCE, IT
PUTS THINGS THAT I WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN IN FRONT OF ME.
I AM NOT A BIG PRIVACY PERSON.
I UNDERSTAND HOW THE INTERNET
WORKS IN THAT WAY BECAUSE I
LIKE FREE THINGS.
WHAT IS SCARY ABOUT ALL THIS IS
THE PRECEDENT OF AT WHAT
LEVEL CAN THE GOVERNMENT
INTERVENE AND SERVE ALL
OF YOUR INFORMATION.
JUST LIKE OLIVER STONE SAID,
MANIPULATE THE REALITIES AROUND
YOU AND WHAT THEY ARE SERVING TO
YOU TO MATCH YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
EVEN FACEBOOK, EVEN THE WAY THE
FACEBOOK ALGORITHM WORKS
FEEDS INTO THIS POLARIZATION ON
THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
WHERE YOU ARE ONLY SEEING
THINGS THAT YOU AGREE WITH.
THAT IS PROVEN.
WE KNOW THAT HAS THE POWER TO
SWING AN ELECTION IF NEED BE.
IS AN INTERESTING PRECEDENT.
>> IT STARTS WITH THINGS THAT
YOU LIKE.
THEN IT BUILDS ON THAT.
MAYBE YOU DID SOMETHING THAT
KIND OF IDENTIFIES YOU AS A KIND
OF PERSON, BUT ONLY AT THE VERY
FRINGES OF THAT VENN DIAGRAM.
THAT THEN ANCHORS YOU DEEPER AND
DEEPER INTO THIS CATEGORY
OF PERSON, AS FAR AS
THEY ARE CONCERNED.
IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT THEY
ARE SERVING YOU IS WHAT YOU
AGREE WITH, IT IS WHAT THEY
ARE SERVING YOU, THEY JUST
AUGMENTS THAT OTHER STUFF.
>> AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT INFO
WARS, BLACK HELICOPTERS.
>> EVERY TIME YOU TALK ABOUT
POK…MON GO I HAVE ENDED THE
SEGMENT JUST SILENTLY FEELING
OVERWHELMINGLY PARANOID.
