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The Spanish soccer league's smartphone app, which has been installed by millions of users, uses the microphone and GPS readings of the devices its installed on to report possible instances of streaming piracy by listening. The smartphone app listens to and analyzes the audio in its surroundings to check if one of La Liga’s matches is being played and then pairs that with GPS data to see if that location is an authorized broadcaster and file reports.
Spanish soccer league "La Liga" is using its official Android app to create an army of millions of piracy spies. The app can access microphone and location data to scan for restaurants, bars, and other establishments that broadcast their matches without a license. "Protect your team," La Liga notes, while encouraging users to enable the functionality.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @10:45PM
How automated is the reporting process? Do they follow up with their own agents to verify in person or do they just use the recordings as proof? They've created a great way for a group of friends to get a bunch of random businesses sued, perhaps even get the league to sue itself. The USA media industry has happily automated itself into a lawsuit against itself a few times. No reason other media companies can't join the fun. I'm sure their lawyers would be happy.