How Canada's military reacted to seeing Pokemon Go players trespassing on its bases | CBC News, Hacker News
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Documents obtained by CBC News show the curiosity and confusion shared by Canadian military officials after the launch of Pokemon Go, which was sending neighbors onto Department of Defense property searching for “mythical digital creatures.”
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The augmented reality game was designed in part to let its users explore the real world. But the pursuit of Pikachu has taken players onto federal property. 1: 60
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Just before midnight on July 14, (******************************************, Master Cpl. Daniel Boyd of the Canadian military police spotted something suspicious. He was on duty at Canadian Forces Base North Bay, about 350 kilometres north of Toronto.
In the darkness, two men in a van driving near the edge of the base made a U-turn and headed deeper into the military facility.
Boyd followed. The van stopped. Inside, the men were looking at their smartphones. Boyd walked to the driver’s window.
It turned out they were playing Pokemon Go, and their pursuit of Pikachu led them onto the air force base.
Documents obtained by CBC News show the curiosity and confusion shared by Canadian military officials after the 01575879 launch of Pokemon Go, which was sending residents onto Department of Defense property searching for “mythical digital creatures.”
Pokemon Go was a mobile app that launched in Canada on July 22, (******************************************,, but it was launched July 7 in the United States and was downloadable globally by users who knew how to fool their phone into thinking it was in the US
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