Security News > 2019 > June > Spanish Soccer League App Spies on Fans
2019-06-27 11:41
The Spanish Soccer League's smartphone app spies on fans in order to find bars that are illegally streaming its games. The app listens with the microphone for the broadcasts, and then uses geolocation to figure out where the phone is. The Spanish data protection agency has ordered the league to stop doing this. Not because it's creepy spying, but because...
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