Instafest: what is it and what are the risks of using the app that creates a ‘festival’ with my Spotify?

In recent days, Instafest, a apps that allows people to imagine what a personal music festival lineup would look like if it were made from the likes and most listened to artists on their Spotify account.

For this, of course the person must give the Instafest app permission to their Spotify account to “read” their most played songs and playlists. Hence the concern arises: is the app safe?

Instafest has become popular thanks to the fact that it allows people to show their musical tastes and compare them with those of others. The platform creates a poster with three dates, very similar to what happens at events like Lollapalooza, Stereo Picnic, Coachella or other similar ones..

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On each Instafest date, the main artists of the event appear in large letters (who are the most listened to and favorites of each user) and thus the rest of the bands and singers invited to the personalized “festival” of each Spotify user.

the question is to know how risky to give Instafest permission to access each user’s Spotify. El Tiempo carefully reviewed the permissions that Instafest requires, as well as its terms of service, to learn how dangerous the platform can be.

The first permission that Instafest requires is to “access your Spotify account data”. This means that it will be able to “read” your username, profile picture, and any public playlists you have.

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The second permission that Instafest requires before creating your custom festival poster is to “view activity on Spotify”.. That is, the main content and artists that you consume, listen to and have on your playlists the most, the number of minutes you enjoy of such artists, etc.

Is this unsafe? Not at the beginning. Under Instafest’s terms of service, such information you “read” is not shared with third parties, nor is it stored outside of your phone. He says that it is not used commercially either, but, There is always a question: so why do the creators do this “for free”? It is better to prevent a third party from being able to access your Spotify account and activity information.

GDA / José Carlos García Rico / Time / Colombia

Source: Elcomercio

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