{"id":11331,"date":"2015-08-21T09:54:18","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T14:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=11331"},"modified":"2015-08-21T09:54:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T14:54:18","slug":"youve-been-warned-spotify-wants-to-spy-on-you-in-every-way-imaginable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=11331","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019ve Been Warned \u2013 Spotify Wants to Spy on You in Every Way Imaginable"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ve Been Warned \u2013 Spotify Wants to Spy on You in Every Way Imaginable<\/a><\/h3>\n

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I clearly remember the moment\u00a0several years ago when my closest friend from NYC was at my place pleading with me to download and use Spotify. The pitch was compelling and I was open minded about the concept, until I learned that you had to login through Facebook to use it (no longer the case I believe). I immediately found this creepy and refused to use it.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to 2015, and\u00a0Forbes<\/em>\u00a0has come out with\u00a0a very important article<\/a>\u00a0highlighting the incredible creepiness factor in Spotify\u2019s new \u201cprivacy policy.\u201d Here\u2019s some of what it found:<\/p>\n

Music streaming market leader Spotify has decided that it wants to know a lot more about you. It wants to be able to access the sensor information on your phone so it can determine whether you\u2019re walking, running or standing still. It wants to know your GPS coordinates, grab photos from your phone and look through your contacts too. And it may share that information with its partners, so a whole load of companies could know exactly where you are and what you\u2019re up to.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This has all been made apparent by a rather significant update to the\u00a0Spotify privacy policy<\/a>, pushed out to users today. Upon opening the Spotify app up this morning, your reporter was greeted with a request to agree to the new conditions. A quick comparison with the\u00a0previous privacy policy using the Wayback Machine<\/a>\u00a0showed some major changes had been made. I\u2019m now considering whether the \u00a310 I pay for a premium membership is worth it, given the amount of privacy I\u2019d be giving away by consenting.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here are a couple of the key updates\u00a0found by Forbes:<\/p>\n

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