Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say

Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by ssijak on Friday December 08, 2017 @06:12PM (#15882932)

Well, shazam could sell that info to the stores

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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by hobarrera on Sunday December 10, 2017 @06:07PM (#15893987)

On iOS, Shazam is usually used through Siri (it's beyond me why anyone would download the standalone app).

I wonder if the connection is made straight from the iPhone to shazam, or Apple actually proxies this.

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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by bello on Friday December 08, 2017 @06:20PM (#15882970)

heck, they could even tell by sniffing wifi traffic

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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by forgotmypw on Friday December 08, 2017 @09:11PM (#15883842)

location + time + song = exact match

Of course, you'd have to trust Shazam to provide accurate data.

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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by dave5104 on Friday December 08, 2017 @07:24PM (#15883345)

I wonder how many people actually end up connecting to the store wifi.

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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by Xeanort on Saturday December 09, 2017 @08:47AM (#15885759)

I think they could just get your MAC address if you have your WiFi turned on, without you actually connecting.

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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by ryanmerket on Saturday December 09, 2017 @09:10AM (#15885856)

iOS doesn’t allow this any longer.

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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by xxpor on Friday December 08, 2017 @09:18PM (#15883868)

Or you install a DAS in the store and monitor the traffic of phones connected to that.

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