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posted by janrinok on Tuesday June 12 2018, @06:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the apps-have-ears dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by r_a_trip on Wednesday June 13 2018, @02:12PM

    by r_a_trip (5276) on Wednesday June 13 2018, @02:12PM (#692333)

    *** Thus, you turning off the microphone can only be to protect yourself from being discovered. ***

    What a meek sheeple position. How about the owner paid for the hardware and the electricity and the data plan and it is not for a two bit soccer organisation to appropriate for their own dubious uses.

    If you don't agree, I'll fit you with a non-removable, implanted IP-camera to make sure you do not have sex with persons under the age of consent.

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