Hundreds of games apps are using
controversial tracking technology to listen in on phone user's
surroundings to work out what TV shows they are watching, it has been
revealed.
The system, made by a startup called Alphonso, can use a phone's microphone to analyse background audio.
It
listens for audio signals in TV ads and shows, and is even capable of
working out where people are and what movies they watch.
- A small selection of the hundreds of apps in Google's Play store using the controversial Alphonso 'automated content recognition' system. Many of the apps are games.
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