Whether it's the FBI secretly using Snapchat filters to map all our faces or Apple's alleged
planned obsolescence scheme, people love a good tech-related conspiracy. So, naturally, the phenomenal success of Pokémon Go has birthed some truly exceptional theories about its darker agenda.
If the tin foil-hatted internet sleuthers are to be believed, the massively popular Pikachu-packed augmented reality game is nothing more than a convenient distraction deployed by the CIA and Michelle Obama in order to keep the sheeple calm while they collect all our private data. Or something like that. Here are some of the batshit crazy theories we've found. https://www.thrillist.com/tech/nation/crazy-pokemon-go-conspiracy-theories-explained/tech
