Filed under: Audio, Security, Windows, Macintosh, Apple
New version of iTunes tells Apple your listening habits
by Jordan Running Jan 11th 2006 at 9:50AM
When you update to iTunes 6.0.2, released yesterday, the first thing you'll notice is the "Mini-Store,"
a new pane at the bottom of iTunes that tries to sell you music. It's on by default, and as though that weren't
presumptuous enough, it also turns out that the
Mini-Store constantly sends Apple information on what music you're listening to. Without asking your permission.
No, not even the EULA. Cute trick, Apple—the Mini-Store could have been a handy way for me to discover new music
and make you a few pennies in the process, but you didn't ask my permission, or tell me how you plan to use that
information, and now it's getting turned off.[Via Boing Boing]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
L'Emmerdeur said 10:22AM on 1-11-2006
Have they been pilfering "talent" from Sony? Knuckleheads.
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Keith said 5:24PM on 1-11-2006
Has anyone verified that simply turning off the Mini-Store stops sending them your listening information?
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phizm said 7:43PM on 1-11-2006
Just when you thought iTunes couldn't get any worse...
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