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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: 4, Interesting) by sjames on Wednesday June 13 2018, @02:24AM
Possibly with consent. You're sitting at home, and there's a knock at the door. The weather is cold and nasty, and the guy at the door says his car broke down and his cell is dead, can he use your phone? You agree and invite him in. He asks if he can use your bathroom and you agree again. Soon after, a tow truck arrives and off he goes.
A few days later, at 3:00 A.M. you awake thinking you heard a splashing sound. To your surprise you find the stranded motorist taking a bubble bath in YOUR bathtub. He says "I found an open window". Understandably, you demand that he get the hell out before you call the cops.
With a hurt look, he says "but you invited me in and said I could use your bathroom!"