However, from this moment , the game users have to be careful . Therefore , leaked secret documents of the U.S. National Security Agency ( NSA ) NSA latest show with partner British intelligence , GCHQ , routinely collect personal data from users of this game .
Reported by the BBC , Tuesday, January 28, 2014 , the leak was delivered by former NSA contractor , Edward Snowden . The document also revealed that the NSA and its partners have been collecting information from the users of other mobile applications since 2007 .
To scale information gathering user data has not been clearly reported . However , data collection includes mapping , gaming , social media applications . In its action , the NSA was mentioned using the same technique in infiltrating the mobile Internet and data traffic text messages .
One of the documents GCHQ in 2008 showed effective control running on Google Maps users .
NSA 's intelligence partners report also said , in 2012 ago , the NSA has been intercepting user information from Android phones Angry Bird .
However , chose to keep mum about the GCHQ intercepts it and argue all the activities undertaken during this authorized .
This leak seemed to break the U.S. government agency that claims that states are not interested in collecting the data in addition to terrorist targets that have been set .
" The collection of foreign intelligence information that focus on smartphone communication or social media every day on U.S. citizens is not true , " said the NSA at the time.
Another NSA document also describes the " golden blob , " a perfect portfolio that allows the NSA analyst can get free information from a wide range of applications including mobile network -connected , downloaded documents , websites visited friends until the desired target .
