Is Spotify spying on my Rdio activity?

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Post by mendozao » Sat, Jan 18, 2014, 12:53 AM UTC

Is Spotify spying on my Rdio activity?
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Re: Is Spotify spying on my Rdio activity?

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Post by ricardojr » Sat, Jan 18, 2014, 1:04 AM UTC

The only thing I could think of is that Rdio or any ad-network is sharing information with a 3rd party and that 3rd party pushing the info to Spotify. The other way is through your social network like activity. Did you "like" the band on Rdio?

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Post by mendozao » Sat, Jan 18, 2014, 1:08 AM UTC

ricardojr wrote: post #2

The only thing I could think of is that Rdio or any ad-network is sharing information with a 3rd party and that 3rd party pushing the info to Spotify. The other way is through your social network like activity. Did you "like" the band on Rdio?

I didn't "like" the band, I just listened to their stuff normally. Since Spotify runs natively, I wonder if they have a way to access browser information

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Post by climatewarrior2 » Sat, Jan 18, 2014, 2:59 AM UTC

I wouldn't be surprised at all if they were indeed spying. But it might been pure coincidence. Can anybody from Spotify or Rdio shed some light?

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Post by ricardojr » Sat, Jan 18, 2014, 4:11 AM UTC

mendozao wrote: post #3

ricardojr wrote: post #2

The only thing I could think of is that Rdio or any ad-network is sharing information with a 3rd party and that 3rd party pushing the info to Spotify. The other way is through your social network like activity. Did you "like" the band on Rdio?

I didn't "like" the band, I just listened to their stuff normally. Since Spotify runs natively, I wonder if they have a way to access browser information

I say spend some time trying to re-create it. Maybe some activity within Spotify itself triggered the email.

Re: Is Spotify spying on my Rdio activity?

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Post by pianoben » Sat, Jan 18, 2014, 4:15 AM UTC

Do you have Radio connected to Facebook? It posts stuff you listen to if you do; that could easily explain how Spotify got the information...

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Post by Aaronn » Sat, Jan 18, 2014, 10:00 PM UTC

ricardojr wrote: post #2

The only thing I could think of is that Rdio or any ad-network is sharing information with a 3rd party and that 3rd party pushing the info to Spotify. The other way is through your social network like activity. Did you "like" the band on Rdio?

Rdio has public listening history built in: http://www.rdio.com/people/[INSERT USERNAME]/history/

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Post by mendozao » Sat, Jan 18, 2014, 11:30 PM UTC

pianoben wrote: post #6

Do you have Radio connected to Facebook? It posts stuff you listen to if you do; that could easily explain how Spotify got the information...

I do have Rdio connected to fb, however it isn't posting anything on my fb wall

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Post by mendozao » Sat, Jan 18, 2014, 11:30 PM UTC

Aaronn wrote: post #7

ricardojr wrote: post #2

The only thing I could think of is that Rdio or any ad-network is sharing information with a 3rd party and that 3rd party pushing the info to Spotify. The other way is through your social network like activity. Did you "like" the band on Rdio?

Rdio has public listening history built in: http://www.rdio.com/people/[INSERT USERNAME]/history/

ah ha! this has to be it..

Re: Is Spotify spying on my Rdio activity?

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Post by mendozao » Sat, Jan 18, 2014, 11:40 PM UTC

Aaronn wrote: post #7

ricardojr wrote: post #2

The only thing I could think of is that Rdio or any ad-network is sharing information with a 3rd party and that 3rd party pushing the info to Spotify. The other way is through your social network like activity. Did you "like" the band on Rdio?

Rdio has public listening history built in: http://www.rdio.com/people/[INSERT USERNAME]/history/

Why would rdio make this information public? It seems like really valuable information that they are just freely allowing to get scraped