![]() ![]() ‘It’s the old adage – if you’re not paying for it, you’re the product. The third-party service Stats for Spotify connects to your Spotify account and pulls in Spotify stats, including Top Tracks, Top Artists, Top Genres, and Recently Played. There is some evidence that a person’s star sign influences their taste in music, with the various types of star signs affecting music taste in their own unique way. Now navigate to Privacy settings using the. All you have to do is connect your Spotify account to their website, select your star sign from the drop-down menu, and the site does the rest, giving you five matching songs to enjoy. Simply go to, log in, hit the top right Profile menu, and then hit Account. ‘Think – if they’re giving it to you for free, what are they getting out of it? Spotify allows you to get a copy of one year of personal data. If you’re going to do it, read the terms and conditions very carefully, to see what they’re doing with the data. Sometimes APIs can give out quite a lot of information – if you think back to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, you could find out just about anything you wanted from the Facebook API – so you’ve got to think quite carefully. ‘However, as soon as you give it permission, it will have access to some data. ‘Sites and apps use a system called OAuth which is a mechanism for them to confirm your identity without you having to give the site your credentials,’ says Surrey University’s cyber security expert Professor Alan Woodward. However, by logging in and agreeing to its terms and conditions, you are sharing data. ![]() Spotify Pie is far from the only tool, website or app that allows users to login using the credentials from an existing account, such as Twitter, Facebook or your Apple ID.īy using a site’s API (application programme interface), a third-party can access your account without knowing your username and password.
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