Does spotify listen to your conversations/track your phone?

dulpit

Hey,

Bit of a weird one, but 2 odd things have happened to me with Spotify over the last 2 weeks that has weired me out. Firstly, a little over 2 weeks ago me and my wife were talking about something (can't remember what) and she said something that reminded me of the song Star Trekking, so I sang the first few lines, and then forgot about it. My discover weekly playlist the following week had Star Trekking in it, which didn't really make sense when compared to the usual types of songs I get.

Then I checked my discover weekly this week and the first song in playlist is called "The Elements", signing about all of the elements from the periodic table. Which again makes no sense to me relative to all of the other songs in the playlist - except on Friday I listened to a podcast on my phone (not in spotify, I was using Pocketcasts) from Sean O'Rouke show on RTE, and it was all about the Periodic Table.

So that's 2 weeks in a row where 1 of the songs recommended to me was based on some activity outside of Spotify.

Tinfoil hat time? Or is there a more logical explanation?

dulpit

Weird, just realised that another song in my discover weekly is Come out ye black 'n' tans, which isn't exactly my type of music, but I do listen to the Blindboy podcast and he discussed the song last week. :eek:

AlmightyCushion

If that was the case, you'd be getting recommendations based on songs in TV shows/films you watched, songs played on the radio when you're in the car or walking around a shop.

Johnboy1951

It has long passed the time for tinfoil hat

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2015/08/20/spotify-is-now-tracking-your-online-activities-when-youre-not-using-spotify/