Mnyb wrote: > > If we try with a very simple example, if I play one local track what > happens ? In the context of data harvesting. > You scrobble to Last.fm anyway, don't you? > > If I read the statement correct this info is kept as long I have my > account , and the redacted info freely shared to affiliates consist of > what exactly ? artist, album, song ,some user stats like age and gender > a file hash ? Fill in the blanks . > And who are affiliates ? > Without knowing it I'd bet they keep the info exactly until you delete the track from your current playlist. > > A gues is that one use for the stats could be figuring out stuff like " > middle age men from Sweden listen to Bruce Springsteen " which is no > surprise but an example :) And that would be of value to Logitech exactly how? Are you aware of the effort it takes to create useful information out of just the NowPlaying information used here?
Sorry, all of what I'm seeing on the UE Smart Radio has "this is what we could do on the short with the few resources we had left" written all over it and now you wonder whether they are pulling off a grand google-esce data mining scheme??? No way, Logitech is still busy looking through all the videos they grab from that little camera at the front of the Touch :rolleyes_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96188 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
