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Lawsuit Accuses Indianapolis Colts App Of Eavesdropping

The Indianapolis Colts, mobile developer YinzCam and audio technology company LISNR were named in a class action lawsuit filed Oct. 14 in Pennsylvania alleging that features of the team’s official app allowed them to listen in to private conversations without consent.

Plaintiff Alan Rackemann, a citizen of Indiana pursuing punitive and statutory damages, lists San Francisco-based law firm Edelson PC as a member of his legal counsel in the case. The Golden State Warriors’ official team app was the focus of a similar lawsuit filed in August that saw Edelson PC also represent the plaintiff in that case, LaTisha Satchell.

“It’s a lot of things that are fishy,” LISNR CEO and founder Rodney Williams said in response to the allegations. “It’s a little bit of lawyers being opportunistic, and it’s a lot of false allegations and just bad information.”

Rackemann’s suit alleges that LISNR “utilizes a novel beacon technology called audio beacons,” and that for it to work, the defendants “surreptitiously” turn on smartphone microphones and unlawfully listen in. Powered by low-energy Bluetooth, beacon technology pinpoints user locations and uses the information received to push ad-related content. Williams passionately refuted LISNR’s association with beacon technology.

Continue reading – http://www.sporttechie.com/2016/10/24/sports/nfl/lisnr-fires-back-after-latest-lawsuit-accuses-indianapolis-colts-app-of-eavesdropping/