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Re: Bop Spotter

#42
Clicked through to see if this was using the 2024/TikTok definition of "bop". That would be a very different app. Not infeasible. Possibly illegal.

Re: Bop Spotter

#43
post #34

How do I join the party? Is there a quickstart so you can hear the vibes of Berlin? [edit: It would be awesome if others could collaborate on this and had a guide on how to do it!]

I recommend you sit this one out, as recording people, even if only audio and sending the sound over the internet is very much against the law in germany

Re: Bop Spotter

#44
post #34

How do I join the party? Is there a quickstart so you can hear the vibes of Berlin? [edit: It would be awesome if others could collaborate on this and had a guide on how to do it!]

I recommend you sit this one out, as recording people, even if only audio and sending the sound over the internet is very much against the law in germany

Thinking this through more deeply, I agree and see your position. It is creepy to surveil audio and possibly send in full to Shazam. [edit: And post the original audio recordings online.] The ethical way to do this would be to use your own code to decimate the audio signal to extremely low dimensionality.

Re: Bop Spotter

#45
post #34

How do I join the party? Is there a quickstart so you can hear the vibes of Berlin? [edit: It would be awesome if others could collaborate on this and had a guide on how to do it!]

I recommend you sit this one out, as recording people, even if only audio and sending the sound over the internet is very much against the law in germany

The music fingerprinting on my Android phone works in airplane mode, so it would be possible with modifications. Also, it's likely that Shazam is sending a "hash" of the audio rather than an audio stream in most cases.

Re: Bop Spotter

#46
The Mission is a variegated place. It's been undergoing gentrification for 4 decades but it never seems to get there - so much so that you could say that that's become its "thing."

The exact location where the phone is placed makes a huge difference. Going from Valencia to Shotwell to the BART plazas to the Latino bars and back to the hills your soundtrack would change quite a few times.

Re: Bop Spotter

#47
post #7

> But it's not about catching criminals. It's about catching vibes. Love this so much.

I guess it will mostly reflect the musical taste of assholes who turn their music up loud. Hmm, but maybe all culture works like that.

Re: Bop Spotter

#48
post #34

How do I join the party? Is there a quickstart so you can hear the vibes of Berlin? [edit: It would be awesome if others could collaborate on this and had a guide on how to do it!]

I recommend you sit this one out, as recording people, even if only audio and sending the sound over the internet is very much against the law in germany

Recording conversations are illegal but if you could prevent that from happening, there is enough wiggle room that it has the potential to be legal.

Re: Bop Spotter

#50
post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recommend you sit this one out, as recording people, even if only audio and sending the sound over the internet is very much against the law in germany

The music fingerprinting on my Android phone works in airplane mode, so it would be possible with modifications. Also, it's likely that Shazam is sending a "hash" of the audio rather than an audio stream in most cases.

European law tends not to like "clever" workarounds. IANAL but I belive you would still be practicing illegal surveillance.
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