Proprio questi due sarebbero sotto accusa per aver spiato moltissimi utenti servendosi dei celebri videogame Angry Birds.
Durante le scorse ore ProPublica e The New York Times avrebbero reso pubblico un rapporto britannico del 2012 nel quale vengono rivelati tutti questi dettagli preoccupanti per la privacy degli utenti.
NSA ed Intelligence britannica si sarebbero serviti dei tanti dati di questi videogame per poter comparare facilmente con i propri dati sensibili, e proprio per questi compiti Angry Birds sembrava essere molto utile dato che utilizza permessi che permettono la registrazione della posizione dell’utente ed altri dati.
Anche le stesse policy di Rovio rivelerebbero appunto che i dati degli utenti (come IP, mail e molto altro) verrebbero rivelati a delle aziende per ricerche commerciali. In queste ultime ore la software-house di Angry Birds ha rivelato che non era a conoscenza che questi dati venissero usati da NSA ed Intelligence, perciò chissà cosa succederà adesso. Ecco il comunicato ufficiale:
“Espoo, Finland — January 28th – Rovio Entertainment Ltd, which is headquartered in Finland, does not share data, collaborate or collude with any government spy agencies such as NSA or GCHQ anywhere in the world.
There has been speculation in the media that NSA targets Angry Birds to collect end user data. The speculation is based on information from documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
The alleged surveillance may be conducted through third party advertising networks used by millions of commercial web sites and mobile applications across all industries. If advertising networks are indeed targeted, it would appear that no internet-enabled device that visits ad-enabled web sites or uses ad-enabled applications is immune to such surveillance. Rovio does not allow any third party network to use or hand over personal end-user data from Rovio’s apps.
“Our fans’ trust is the most important thing for us and we take privacy extremely seriously. We do not collaborate, collude, or share data with spy agencies anywhere in the world. As the alleged surveillance might be happening through third party advertising networks, the most important conversation to be had is how to ensure user privacy is protected while preventing the negative impact on the whole advertising industry and the countless mobile apps that rely on ad networks”, said Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio Entertainment.
“In order to protect our end users, we will, like all other companies using third party advertising networks, have to re-evaluate working with these networks if they are being used for spying purposes.”