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@misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months ago

Spotify Has A Pirated Software Problem

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Spotify Has A Pirated Software Problem

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@misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months ago
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Playlists and "podcast" episode descriptions are hiding malware and piracy sites in plain sight on the streaming platform.
  • jonw
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    25•6 months ago

    I dunno. It’s not like the warez and stuff is IN Spotify.

    • troed
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      14•6 months ago

      … anymore. In the beginning you could even find scene release group names in the album titles.

      https://torrentfreak.com/spotifys-beta-used-pirate-mp3-files-some-from-pirate-bay-170509/

      h/t @rasmusfleischer@mastodon.nu

      (although I do believe I am one of those persons who saw those filenames myself, but I mean … that was a looooooong time ago now)

      • @MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world
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        4•6 months ago

        Yup, I used to be in the scene and I’m a musician, had a bunch of my releases, both ones I couriered and albums I released on Spotify, names of songs with the same misspelling.

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