The official application of the Spanish Football League has recently been updated to gain access to microphone settings and user location. When granted, the app handles audio snippets in an attempt to identify public places that broadcast football without a license.
According to a statement issued by the administrators of the application, the function was added last Friday and is activated only after users click "Yes" in the Android dialog box asking if the application can access the microphone and determine the location of the device. The statement says the audio is used only to identify institutions that broadcast games without a license and that the application takes special precautions to prevent it from spying on end-users.
The total number of users of the application on Google and Apple stores official about 10 million users, which monitors and track the location of the user through the geographical tracking feature GPS, to determine where the broadcast of games, whether public or cafes, restaurants and shops in general, so that the Department The competition is to prosecute and track the violators and are forced to pay money to continue to broadcast matches legally and legally.
According to a statement issued by the administrators of the application, the function was added last Friday and is activated only after users click "Yes" in the Android dialog box asking if the application can access the microphone and determine the location of the device. The statement says the audio is used only to identify institutions that broadcast games without a license and that the application takes special precautions to prevent it from spying on end-users.
The total number of users of the application on Google and Apple stores official about 10 million users, which monitors and track the location of the user through the geographical tracking feature GPS, to determine where the broadcast of games, whether public or cafes, restaurants and shops in general, so that the Department The competition is to prosecute and track the violators and are forced to pay money to continue to broadcast matches legally and legally.