In short time has “Pokémon Go” puts the whole world in turmoil. From all parts of the world there are pictures of places that are full of Pokémon hunters – and more recently is the hype game available in Germany. FOCUS Online gives an overview of the most curious incidents around the Mini Monster
Egyptian Islamic scholar. “Pokémon Go” is sin
16:49: A senior Islamic scholar holding the smartphone app “Pokémon Go” for sin. To play the game is forbidden just as drinking alcohol, said the vice-Sheikh of the prestigious Cairo Al-Azhar, Abbas Schuman, on Thursday. The game had a negative impact on the players without them noticed that. The Al-Azhar is one of the most important religious institutions of the Islamic world.
It was not a question, generally reject new technologies, said Islamic scholar. But some people, they used almost “obsessive” and would also neglect work and prayer. In addition, the need to prevent that also places of prayer or state institutions would be adversely affected by the game, he said.
In Egypt, the game is not officially released yet, but are there already numerous “Pokémon” -Jäger go .
“Pokémon” -Verfolger as burglar suspected
15:42: a couple has triggered on the hunt for virtual “Pokémon” monsters a police operation. As the officials reported on Thursday announced Wednesday evening a woman in Hochdorf-Assenheim (Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis) and reported a suspicious pair. The two had around made on a cell phone, isolated and met again in front of another house. The local resident, who had just attended an event on the Security and the couple did not know, therefore alerted the police officers. The police rushed to the scene but quickly gave the all-clear. The two alleged burglars were traveling with the new smartphone app “Pokémon Go”. The couple was able to return to the short control continue chasing the fantasy creatures
“Pokemon Go”. In case of accident insurance
12:35 pays pm: The “Pokémon Go” hype calls the worst fears out: Running hordes of Pokémon trainers now with the smartphone in his face from a car? Or they trample on the lookout for little monsters, the flower of the neighbors? And who pays for the damage
The Association of German Insurers (GDV) explains:?
injury through Play:
If takes a serious accident on health or financial consequences, engages the private accident insurance. As a rule, be assured even when playing on the smartphone, explained the GDV. It also play basically no difference whether you have acted recklessly or even slightly or grossly negligent playing.
But there the MTPL insurance of a motorist which detects a player. Basically, this is charged in a traffic accident involving a pedestrian. But: Is this about absently, engrossed gone across the street into the game, he can carry the blame for the accident under circumstances – which would reduce the performance
damage through Play: <. / p>
Who sunk into play damage caused – whether from carelessness, accident or forgetfulness – is backed by a private liability insurance. You but does not apply when the damage is done intentionally.
memorial in Auschwitz-Birkenau will be exempted from Pokémon Game of Go
Thursday, 07/14/2016, 06 : 57 pm: The smartphone game Pokemon Go has encountered resistance, because it is also affecting Holocaust memorials halt. As the speaker of the memorial at the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, Pawel Sawicki, on Wednesday AFP said, the developer of Pokémon Go was asked to exempt the memorial of his game app.
“We sent on Tuesday a letter to the company Niantic, in which we ask to suppress the geolocation of the camp in the app, “Sawicki said. Playing at the memorial was “out of place”.
“Here hundreds of thousands of people have suffered, Jews, Poles, Roma, Russians and other nations,” said the spokesman. The memorial would any games developer awareness, “respect for the memory of the victims of this biggest death camp by the Nazis in World War II” to have. In the constructed in 1940 by the Nazis camps in Poland until after the war 1.1 million people were killed, including a million Jews.
The free game app Pokémon Go encourage users with your smartphone through the area to run and capture hidden Pokémon characters in the “real world”. The GPS function and maps of the smartphone are used. Since the release of the app in the past week in some countries it has already been downloaded millions of times.
The Holocaust Museum in Washington also took exception to users, the Pokémon Go irrespective play anywhere. It called its visitors on Wednesday in a statement on not to play the game within the building.
“Pokémon Go” trainer stripes despite the rain in Munich
17:29 : here in Munich raining without a break. Nevertheless, I meet again young people with umbrellas standing silently in the corner and stare at their smartphone. Like a virus spreads the app in the City
ADAC warns against accidents by “Pokémon Go”
15:48:. For the last few hours ” Pokémon Go “available in Germany – and warns the ADAC accidents. Anyone who wants to catch a Pokemon character in the game, which must permanently look at his cell phone and let go of “all too easy” to look for the environment. This would allow dangerous traffic situations caused
Players might feel encouraged to walk across the street without looking out for traffic -. This applies particularly to children, warned the ADAC in Munich. The Auto Club encourages parents to try out the game with the children and to point out problems.
It has been born on controversial incidents in the US, said the ADAC motorists applied accordingly on the highway to catch a monster, or remained in the middle are on the road, because suddenly appeared a Pokémon on the dashboard , Motorcyclists were stopped by the police because they had their phones mounted with a running game to the handlebars.
“Pokémon Go” does not access entire Google- account for
13:52: Once an IT expert provided with a warning against the data hunger of the new game “Pokemon Go” sensation that give developers clear: the app is unfounded to the entire contents of Google -profile to. “” Pokemon Go “retrieves only the basic information on the profile from (the user name and the e-mail address specifically), and no other information from the Google Account are or were used or collected,” the developer company Niantic Labs explained in on Thursday night, US media. Google have confirmed that.
at the same time conceded Niantic one that “Pokémon” app actually in the background the “full access” to Google profiles have requested. that was by an error happens Google reducing of the access options for the game of his side
FOCUS online reporter:.. App is fun, but acts monotonous
13:18 FOCUS online reporter Fabian Herbers: “I have been running since 10:30 through Munich. First impression: The app is fun, lets rumkommen a lot, works well. That “the city plays”, but can not confirm my impression. In the long run, the app seems a bit monotonous. There is a lack of variety, because always appear the same Pokemon. “Use
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