ok lets say this is true. If I want to continue using Spotify, how do I block them from looking at my pictures and contacts on a stock nexus 5 running a stock android 4.4.3 ?
Spotify Just Got Real Creepy with the Data It Collects on You
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Re: Spotify Just Got Real Creepy with the Data It Collects on You
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
Explain please how it is ABSOLUTELY not. It must be at least a bit, because you can tick off a few from the list of the definitions: Noun cash grab (plural cash grabs) 1. (derogatory) product designed without love or care, with the sole intent of generating profits 2. (politics) Legislation that serves primarily the purpose of generating revenue. 3. An activity engaged in with the intention of making money quickly.…
You're doing exactly what Forbes wants you to do: fear mongering. Privacy policies are legal liability waivers. They are not statements of intent. There is absolutely no indication whatsoever that Spotify is harvesting your data and selling it to third parties to make some money on the side. That is a ridiculous assumption, and you need to provide damn good evidence if you expect me to even begin to consider that. Wh…
And we all know that if everyone else is doing it it's alright!
The next "reasonable" thing to do is to let them use your phone's camera 24/7 to film your life so that they can get an actually good grasp of your consuming habits.
I'm hyperbolising here of course but this trend of using niche features like syncing your playlist's BPM to your pace as an excuse to track even more data and destroy your user's privacy must stop.
Re: Spotify Just Got Real Creepy with the Data It Collects on You
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
I notice two things: 1) why shouldn't Apple collect the very same data? 2) apparently users are willing to pay for privacy, that's pretty cool! Something like vysk will actually have some space.
"1) why shouldn't Apple collect the very same data?" How do we know they don't? Has anyone read the privacy policy lately? I mean, the only reason anyone flipped about Microsoft's privacy policy is because they took the unusual step of making it understandable to the layman. And they were crucified for that.
From a juridical point of view that was really nice of them. It's a step toward Latin Law, where each man is entitled to understand what he is signing (opposed to the Anglo-saxon where you assume anything can get signed, therefore you need additional laws to protect the people - I am not commenting on such laws)
Re: Spotify Just Got Real Creepy with the Data It Collects on You
#64> Local law may require that you seek the consent of your contacts to provide their personal information to Spotify
Uhm so how does that work?
I'm not a Spotify user, but quite a few people who have me in their contact list definitely are.
Let's say I don't consent. Which I don't.
Will they have to cancel their Spotify subscription?
Doesn't that responsibility fall with Spotify just as much?
Because in that case, I'll gladly provide my contact list, for Spotify's one time exclusive usage with which they can cancel all the subscriptions of everybody on it.