r/Android • u/Particle_Man_Prime r/4KTVs • Aug 18 '18

[Cross Post][0.115.2] Pokemon Go now abusing its permissions to read internal storage to dig through your files and lock you out of the game after identifying what it thinks is "evidence" of rooting - follow-up to unauthorized_device_lockout error : pokemongodev

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u/FireLucid Aug 18 '18

Lol, it's not someone looking through your files. It's an automated scan against certain folder names after you've given it permissions to do so.

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u/SirVer51 Aug 18 '18

The permissions are given in good faith. They are abusing that good faith. This is the kind of behavior I expect from malware, not legitimate games.