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Spanish football app turns users into unwitting surveillance operatives

Posted on June 12, 2018June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Seamus Bellamy writes:

Spain’s got a stiffy for football, or soccer, if you must.

When a football match is on, just about everyone in the country loses their minds. TVs are gathered round, siestas are forgone, and team songs, in any bar you chance, will be full of scarf-swinging loons banging on tables and screaming for every goal. It’s loud, chaotic and lovely. For many Spaniards, catching a game while on the go involves downloading a smartphone app fronted by Spain’s national football league, Liga de Fútbol Profesional.Available for iOS and Android handsets, the La Liga app is not only licensed to stream football games, but also lets users keep track of the stats for their favorite teams and players.

Oh, it also tracks your every move and taps your smartphone’s microphone, supposedly in the name of helping to root out unauthorized match broadcasts in bars, restaurants and cafes.

Read more on BoingBoing.

h/t, Joe Cadillic

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