Spanish soccer league app spied on fans to catch pirate broadcasts

Spanish-language newspaper El Diario reports that the app activates the user’s microphone whenever the device’s GPS detects they’re in a bar during an Atletico Madrid or Barca game. It then listens to the user’s environment to determine whether they’re in the vicinity of an illegally-broadcast match. La Liga, which has confessed to the spying, says …

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