Public bug reported:
IDS logs show:
POST http://turtle.libre.fm/nowplaying/1.2/ HTTP/1.1 - - -
Rhythmbox/0.13.3
and
POST http://turtle.libre.fm/submissions/1.2/ HTTP/1.1 - - -
Rhythmbox/0.13.3
Wireshark shows details of what is sent. In this case I'm listening to Nine
Inch Nails. This request is sent about ever 30 seconds with my current song.
I never enabled this service. It should be off by default.
I feel that this is a privacy risk and should not be allowed.
192.168.0.152,89.16.177.55,HTTP,POST /nowplaying/1.2/ HTTP/1.1
(application/x-www-form-urlencoded)
00 18 73 6e 0e c8 00 19 d1 7f b8 b9 08 00 45 00 ..sn..E.
0010 00 9b 60 41 40 00 40 06 0e 94 c0 a8 00 98 59 10 ..`A@.@...Y.
0020 b1 37 ba 17 00 50 96 30 68 5f 61 06 3a a6 80 18 .7...P.0h_a.:...
0030 00 e5 cc 15 00 00 01 01 08 0a 01 b0 08 41 e3 3c .A.
0040 7f 1e 73 3d 35 30 62 36 36 35 66 64 65 64 61 33 ..s=50b665fdeda3
0050 62 38 34 36 31 30 66 32 38 61 31 65 62 66 37 62 b84610f28a1ebf7b
0060 30 30 37 65 26 61 3d 4e 69 6e 65 25 32 30 49 6e 007ea=Nine%20In
0070 63 68 25 32 30 4e 61 69 6c 73 26 74 3d 48 75 72 ch%20Nailst=Hur
0080 74 26 62 3d 54 68 65 25 32 30 44 6f 77 6e 77 61 tb=The%20Downwa
0090 72 64 25 32 30 53 70 69 72 61 6c 26 6c 3d 33 37 rd%20Spirall=37
00a0 34 26 6e 3d 31 34 26 6d 3d 4n=14m=
I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 and Rhythmbox 0.13.3
** Affects: rhythmbox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: nowplaying privacy
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Title:
libre.fm/nowplaying url is contacted and sent the current song being
played without my consent
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