The La Liga football application uses you as a spy
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Are you one of those who have always thought that your mobile can spy on you through apps or the assistant itself? In recent times, news has been coming out about it. The last one is related to the official application of La Liga soccer Apparently, with the new data protection law, users are giving their consent for the app to use the microphones of the terminals of those who download your application. The objective: to check which bars or establishments are broadcasting matches without a license.
Once you accept permission for the legal notice and conditions of use, you are giving your approval for La Liga to remotely activate the microphone. Through it it can detect the location of the place where you are watching the game and know if it is an illegal broadcast. Basically, the sound becomes a kind of mediator that automatically sends a signal to a computer system to detect if there is any type of fraud.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires the application to report all privacy settings to the user. The truth is that it is not easy to find this section. Users have to spend a long time reading legal text, so they may get bored on the second line. In this way, many are left without knowing that they are giving way to the app so that it can use its microphone for this purpose.
What to do about this situation
If you do not agree that La Liga uses you as a spy to detect establishments or premises where they broadcast matches without a license, we recommend that you take action in this regard. One of the things you can do is uninstall the app. You can follow the progress of your favorite teams in real time through the Google assistant. However, if you like La Liga and don't want to do without it, go to the information window of the application. To do this, go to Settings, Applications, La Liga. Next, tap on Permissions and disable the one that allows you to access the microphone and location. For the app to let you leave alone and don't ask for them from time to time, feel free to check the "don't ask again" box.
Vía: El Diario
