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Always amused me: Sky used to use a pint glass on subscription sports package for pubs/bars. But some sneaky publicans were sticking pint glass stickers to the
by iamben 8y ago
Always amused me: Sky used to use a pint glass on subscription sports package for pubs/bars. But some sneaky publicans were sticking pint glass stickers to the corner of their screens to fool inspectors... So now the glass has a different filling depending on the day.
- lostlogin 8y agoExcellent. Couldn’t sky just check what subscription a venue had?
- djaychela 8y agoIirc there was a bounty for reporting an improperly licenced bar.
- blowski 8y agoA lot of pubs are very close to residential addresses, so the house next door gets Sky and runs a cable through to the pub.
- gsnedders 8y agoPlenty of older pubs had/have landlords living on the premises; a residential license is perfectly justifiable provided it's only for their personal use.
- dylan604 8y ago"Hey, why are all of these people in my house watching this game? I never noticed because I was so into the action." Not really sure that would fly.
- shawnz 8y agoRight, but rather than going in to the pub and looking at the watermark, why not just check if that pub pays for the proper service by looking up their address in the customer files?
- cortesoft 8y agoRight, but an inspector visiting would just see that the pub doesn't pay for a subscription and yet they are showing the game. You don't need to check anything else.
- josu 8y agoThe Spanish football league app turns on the microphone to listen if a game is playing and reports back to La liga with the exact location to find bars and restaurants with pirate broadcasts. https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/12/spanish-soccer-app-caught-using-microphone-and-gps-to-snoop/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/12/spanish-soccer-app-caught-...
- giobox 8y agoWow, surprised this hasn’t generated more coverage. They’ve turned a giant chunk of their userbase, likely completely unknown to a majority of users who understandably won’t read the small print, into snitches/whistleblowers. This presumably also inadvertently returns the home address of anyone opening the app while watching a game in their own living room? Not a huge stretch to move from pursuing public places without the correct licensing to pursuing individuals for pirate streams. > "It also specifies that the feature is only deployed in its Android app." Probably because this nonsense would cause a hellstorm in App Review on iOS.
- Moru 8y agoIt was even on the news in Sweden so it has generated some coverage at least.
- dsl 8y ago> Probably because this nonsense would cause a hellstorm in App Review on iOS. Or because it wouldn't be approved in the first place. Say what you want about walled gardens, but at least someone is policing the ecosystem.
- eneveu 8y agoI think that's what he meant by "App Review": "App Review - We review all apps and app updates submitted to the App Store in an effort to determine whether they are reliable, perform as expected, and are free of offensive material." https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/ https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/
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- teh_klev 8y agoAnd discussed previously on HN once upon a time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9419930 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9419930