The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Computers => Topic started by: Free Vulcan on January 02, 2018, 09:09:03 pm
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At first glance, the gaming apps — with names like “Pool 3D,†“Beer Pong: Trickshot†and “Real Bowling Strike 10 Pin†— seem innocuous. One called “Honey Quest†features Jumbo, an animated bear.
Yet these apps, once downloaded onto a smartphone, have the ability to keep tabs on the viewing habits of their users — some of whom may be children — even when the games aren’t being played.
It is yet another example of how companies, using devices that many people feel they can’t do without, are documenting how audiences in a rapidly changing entertainment landscape are viewing television and commercials.
Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/business/media/alphonso-app-tracking.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/business/media/alphonso-app-tracking.html)
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At first glance, the gaming apps — with names like “Pool 3D,†“Beer Pong: Trickshot†and “Real Bowling Strike 10 Pin†— seem innocuous. One called “Honey Quest†features Jumbo, an animated bear.
Yet these apps, once downloaded onto a smartphone, have the ability to keep tabs on the viewing habits of their users — some of whom may be children — even when the games aren’t being played.
It is yet another example of how companies, using devices that many people feel they can’t do without, are documenting how audiences in a rapidly changing entertainment landscape are viewing television and commercials.
Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/business/media/alphonso-app-tracking.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/business/media/alphonso-app-tracking.html)
Adware/spyware. SOSDD... Except in that it has become legitimized, and suddenly folks are all for it. **nononono*