Show HN: Spotify streaming GDPR dump local analyzer

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Post by pdubouilh » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 10:46 AM UTC

Show HN: Spotify streaming GDPR dump local analyzer
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Post by mikae1 » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 11:22 AM UTC

Well, this could be close to what I dreamed off when I did the GDPR takeout two years ago! Haven't used Spotify since, so the data should actually still actually be up to date. :)

Never used Spotify on a mobile device though, so the location scripts will likely not be interesting at all.

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Post by amrb » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 11:22 AM UTC

Feels abit creepy they have the "mood" and location in a database.

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Post by vrglvrglvrgl » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 11:35 AM UTC

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Post by hoffs » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 11:43 AM UTC

amrb wrote: post #3

Feels abit creepy they have the "mood" and location in a database.

Not sure what you mean, Spotify tracks have long exposed "features" that include various metrics to judge mood. https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/referenc...

Also it's pretty apparent since Spotify suggests different playlists depending on time of day, weather, etc.

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Post by pdubouilh » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 11:52 AM UTC

amrb wrote: post #3

Feels abit creepy they have the "mood" and location in a database.

I guess I didn't realise that they kept full IPs for such a wide range of time - I was kind of hoping they were anonymizing them after some time...

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Post by cynicalsecurity » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 12:05 PM UTC

What's this? What does GDPR have to do with it?

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Post by philshem » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 12:11 PM UTC

cynicalsecurity wrote: post #7

What's this? What does GDPR have to do with it?

I’m guessing Spotify users in the EU can request an export of their data that Spotify holds. And this tool is for analyzing that data export locally.

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Post by seism » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 12:20 PM UTC

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Post by nemof » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 12:27 PM UTC

made a lot more sense when i looked up what endsong_*.json was. you can download your data (prob relates to gdpr requirements i guess) here https://www.spotify.com/us/account/privacy/ details as to what is included in json dump is noted here https://support.spotify.com/us/article/understanding-my-data...