More like the possibility that American spy agencies can use the app to gather intel (about where military installations are located, what's there, etc.).
Yes, also Niantic's founder John Hanke has an actual documented history of CIA funding. It's not unreasonable paranoia for nations to suspect this may be an absolutely brilliant trojan horse especially given the data it collects and the access permissions it requires on some devices.
Given everything we hear about the NSA/FBI, this seems like a fair concern.
Because using spy satellites, humint, and hacking Iranian telecoms to gather intel is so out of fashion that Pokemon Go has to be used.
Iran also went on to confiscate and destroy 100000 dishes that people used to watch regional and western news and TV at their home.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/iran-destroys-100000-c...
The ban on Pokemon Go has nothing to do with security, it's about controlling the society.
Yep. I'd be willing to bet money that it's being used to e.g., map the inside of buildings and the day-to-day habits of the person playing.
So they're worried about us accidentally crowdsourcing our spying? Don't we have drones and satellites and stuff?
Some things may be obscured from above but clearly visible from ground level.