Hundreds of mobile games are listening to what you watch on TV

A few years ago, people would have considered you to be paranoid if you thought your phone was always listening to you. But now it has become common practice for developers to ask your permission to use your phone's microphone, whether or not that functionality actually has anything to do with the app or not. A New York Times report this week highlighted one particular startup called Alphonso, whose software is being used by hundreds of app developers. This software collects TV-viewing data for ...