I don’t like country, but last night I did a friend a favor and went to a country concert with her. Today Spotify is suddenly playing songs from the artist in my playlist. I’ve never listened to country songs before and certainly didn’t do anything to indicate to Spotify that I wanted to listen to this kind of music. How did Spotify do this and how do I get them to stop? This is so creepy.
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Your phone isn’t listening to you, if that’s what you’re asking. The truth is more sinister, your phone knows what websites you go to, what purchases you make, and where you are.
The fact that your phone was at a concert venue during this concert is actually pretty low hanging fruit, Spotify knows when concerts are scheduled because they want to know what their users listen to. But you also used an app on your phone to show them the ticket, and probably used your phone to get directions there.
They don’t need to know what you are saying or hearing, that is more difficult to process and far less reliable.
People should be a lot less concerned about their phones listening to them, and way more concerned that they don’t have to because they already know everything about you.
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