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Post by hatter_in_macc on Jun 8, 2019 17:09:54 GMT
What have been the general reactions, if any, among Bluenoses to accommodating Coventry, Duds?
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Post by hatter_in_macc on Jun 8, 2019 17:13:29 GMT
Not sure that St. Andrews is within 6 miles of Coventry. Wouldn't even get you from Brum to the M42!
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Post by dudleyhatter on Jun 9, 2019 22:22:41 GMT
What have been the general reactions, if any, among Bluenoses to accommodating Coventry, Duds? Most of them are welcoming of the money it will bring to the club (rumoured to be worth 3/4 million over the season). Enough to fund a decent championship player. Some are worried about the effect in the playing surface, but most accept that the ball rarely touches it anyway! Their main concern is being drawn away to them in a cup!
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Post by dudleyhatter on Jun 9, 2019 22:24:51 GMT
This tweet sums it up as well as anything
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Post by gazz on Jun 13, 2019 8:34:39 GMT
This should really be in the 'wtf' thread, but what the hell... Popular Soccer App Spied on Fans Through Phone Microphone to Catch Bars Pirating Game StreamsSpain’s data protection agency has fined La Liga, the nation’s top professional soccer league, 250,000 euros ($283,000 USD) for using the league’s phone app to spy on its fans. With millions of downloads, the app was reportedly being used to surveil bars in an effort to catch establishments playing matches on television without a license.
The La Liga app provides users with schedules, player rankings, statistics, and league news. It also knows when they’re watching games and where.
According to Spanish newspaper El País, the league told authorities that when its apps detected users were in bars the apps would record audio through phone microphones. The apps would then use the recording to determine if the user was watching a soccer game, using technology that’s similar to the Shazam app. If a game was playing in the vicinity, officials would then be able to determine if that bar location had a license to play the game.
So not only was the app spying on fans, but it was also turning those fans into unwitting narcs. El Diarioreports that the app has been downloaded 10 million times.
Though La Liga admitted the app did record through users’ phones, the league insisted the users had the option to opt-out of allowing the app to track phone location and access the microphone. The league told El Diario that the app automatically turns the audio into a code that is not stored or listened to by employees.
The app’s terms of service does explain that the bugging is optional:
"If you accept the specific and optional box enabled for this purpose, you consent to the access and use of your mobile device’s microphone and geopositioning functionalities so that LaLiga knows from which locations football is being streamed and thus detect any fraudulent behaviour by unauthorised establishments. Activation of both the microphone and geopositioning of your mobile device will require your prior acceptance of our pop-up window."
The legal notice emphasizes that this feature is only used to detect La Liga broadcasts.
However, the data protection agency ruled that La Liga did not properly inform users, thereby violating their privacy, according to El País. The agency fined the La Liga for violating EU data privacy and transparency laws, and ordered the league to take down the app by June 30.
The league has become notoriously aggressive against illegal streaming in recent years. In 2017, La Liga launched an anti-piracy campaign, enlisting the help of Facebook, Google, and Twitter, and employing a proprietary tool to scan the internet for illegal streams.
La Liga plans to continue using its fans in that fight against piracy. According to El País, the league issued a statement announcing it will appeal the sanction, claiming the data protection agency did not make the necessary effort to understand the app’s technology....A clear case of 'two wrongs don't make a right'! I'd trust my mobile as far as I could throw it, but I reckon I could reach some significant distance with this thing on days when it really p**ses me off! gizmodo.com/popular-soccer-app-spied-on-fans-through-phone-micropho-1835448306/amp
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Post by dudleyhatter on Jun 13, 2019 17:54:54 GMT
There is a reason why I never allow any apps to access my locations or send me push notifications.
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Post by gazz on Jun 14, 2019 20:55:13 GMT
Congratulations to England on reaching the knockout stages of the World Cup with a game still to play in France, following a 1-0 win against Argentina.
In truth it should have been over at half-time, but the Argentine goalkeeper had a brilliant game, saving an England penalty in the first half among numerous fine stops.
Excellent performance from the Lionesses.
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Jun 14, 2019 20:56:26 GMT
Bossed it all over the pitch apart from in the penalty area.
Need to be more clinical in front of goal.
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Post by gazz on Jun 14, 2019 21:10:34 GMT
Bossed it all over the pitch apart from in the penalty area. Need to be more clinical in front of goal. Definitely, Lennie. I thought Scott should have put at least one of those headers away, so to choose her as man of the match was misplaced. Greenwood, Moore and their keeper would have been better choices and although Nikita Parris missed a penalty, I thought she did well to pick herself up and had the beating of the Argentine left back all night. Definitely room for improvement, but I'm sure the finishing will be worked on and sharpened up before the Japan game next Wednesday night.
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Post by dudleyhatter on Jun 15, 2019 8:45:25 GMT
I felt that there were a number of questionable challenges from the argentinians that went unpunished yesterday. But it is more the final ball in for me than the clinical finishing that was at fault. Apart from the goal which was a superb cross, the balls in seemed to often to leave the striker too much to do.
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Post by gazz on Jun 15, 2019 10:23:22 GMT
I felt that there were a number of questionable challenges from the argentinians that went unpunished yesterday. But it is more the final ball in for me than the clinical finishing that was at fault. Apart from the goal which was a superb cross, the balls in seemed to often to leave the striker too much to do. I think it's probably a little bit of both, Duds. Scott should definitely have buried one of those headers, though, but I take your point. Alex Greenwood had the most quality when crossing from wider positions for me, but her all-round game was solid too, often dropping in to cover for Houghton whenever she stepped forward with the ball. I'd have given her the player of the match award, as she hardly put a foot wrong all game. If Nikita Parris can sharpen up her final ball, look out everyone else - she roasted their left-back almost at will.
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Post by dudleyhatter on Jun 15, 2019 11:04:09 GMT
I’d agree about Scott’s headers, and also I thought we kept a great defensive shape. Even in the 90th minute we were tracking back and stifling their breaks
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Post by gazz on Jun 15, 2019 11:15:01 GMT
also I thought we kept a great defensive shape. Even in the 90th minute we were tracking back and stifling their breaks Agreed, mate. There doesn't seem to be any egos in the team, with everyone willing to roll their sleeves up and muck in, especially when we've lost the ball. I thought our ability to win it back quickly was a major factor in that win and showed the kind of grit and determination we will need against the top sides. We just need to sharpen up our play in the final third, but the passage of play leading up to and including the goal proved that the quality is there, it's just a question of consistency.
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Post by gazz on Jun 15, 2019 11:18:06 GMT
Apologies for the ridiculous typos in my previous post, I've hopefully corrected them all. I f***ing hate this phone.
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Post by Epworth Hatter on Jun 15, 2019 12:40:23 GMT
autocarrot gets you every time, gazz
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