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Re:How to rickroll Spotify for Android by michaelmior on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @04:13PM (#14036736)
They could still serve the first few seconds from a CDN at the edge via TLS.
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Re:How to rickroll Spotify for Android by deeth_starr on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @05:28PM (#14037383)
My guess because it will save them a few $$$. Millions at stake here. Why would someone do a MITM attack against 5 secs of intro audio?

Obviously the NSA would.

Edit: exclusives. https://qz.com/949942/spotifys-new-deal-with-universal-gives...

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Re:How to rickroll Spotify for Android by michaelmior on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @07:24AM (#14041256)
Forget MITM, it also leaks information about your listening history which some may be uncomfortable with.
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