A cybersecurity company in the US was asked to kill Pokemon to stop players from trespassing on some properties.
Some institutions in the US noticed that the feature of the smartphone game Pokemon Go is not good.
Because of the series of warnings regarding the concern that Pokemon Go players are wandering into private land and near electrical equipment, power utility companies in Florida have asked cybersecurity company LookingGlass to exterminate Pokemon in some areas.
“We’re now in the business of killing Pokemon,” LookingGlass CEO Chris Coleman said.
As we know, the wildly famous smartphone game push the player to trespass some property because it instructs players to explore their surroundings to collect Pokemon, then it projects digital images of the cute creatures into the real world.
Coleman said clients have asked LookingGlass to help eliminate the game’s code to get rid of the little creatures in restricted areas. Clients have pinpointed eight locations, and Coleman’s team sends those coordinates to Niantic Labs, the maker of the game, asking that the critters be removed.
Few times back, police departments around the US have issued warnings to the game players to stop trespassing on property belonging to businesses, the government or religious institutions. But no one until now has figured out how to rid their property of Pokemon.
The application is a kid-friendly video game but sometimes, it caused awkward entanglements to some players.
One teen in Wyoming stumbled upon a dead body in a river while playing the game. Two men fell of a cliff while trying to catch Pokemon with their eyes glued to their screens. Another player crashed into a police car, because he was playing while driving.
The smartphone game is developed and published by Niantic, Inc. Since being released in North America and Australia on July 6, the game has now been downloaded over 100 million times and currently earns $10 million in daily revenue.
Last week, Pokemon Go was made available the Philippines and 14 other countries including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.
