Instafest it has gone viral. The tool, which in a matter of seconds is capable of creating a poster with the artists you listen to the most on platforms such as Spotify Last.fm is making waves on social networks like Twitter and Instagram.
Obviously, for the function to be successful, and for the user to be able to view the posters of the festival that would take place according to their preferences, the platform must access some data. Without them, as we say, the tool would not be functional. However, do you ask for only what you need, or do you go too far and ask for more?
only what is necessary
All cybersecurity experts recommend stopping for a moment and paying some attention to the permissions that Internet pages and applications request to be functional.
Because, for example, if you download the ‘app’ for a flashlight on your ‘smartphone’, it doesn’t make much sense for the company behind it to ask you, for example, for access to your contact list. So, when they ask us for data that is not necessary is when we should be more cautious.
In the case of Instafest, in order for the application to work, the user is asked to permission to use certain Spotify data, and it is that, in this case, all the information necessary for the tool to be operational comes from the music and podcast application. Therefore, no strange requests for credit cards, telephone numbers or emails, which is what normally happens when we are faced with a scam.
The information does not leave your mobile
Specifically, as Instafest collects on its page, the page only accesses the “your account username and information about your most streamed artists», either on Spotify or on Last.fm. “None of the account data used by Instafest is stored or collected, and is not shared with third parties. The information is only used on your personal device to generate your Instafest graphic.
With this in mind, the tool is quite respectful of user data. It does not ask for anything that does not make sense and does not make business by taking advantage of the information collected to trade with third parties.
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