Personal data found hidden in iTunes tracks

[smkranz]

...but the paranoid half of me says this is sinister. After all, "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you." (Where'd that quote come from?)

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/busi...icle1871173.ece

and

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005282.php

I buy occasional music from iTunes. Then I typically burn them onto CDs to play in my car, and/or to transfer them to a SD card to play in my Palm handheld or, onto Hi-MD. Once burned to CD, they also sometimes get lent out to friends and family.

Query: once an iTunes track is burned to an audio CD, all that personally-identifiable information which is embedded in the AAC files is gone...right?

[bobt]

I wonder if in the user agreement in small print they tell you that data may be collected. Big brother is alive and well.

Bob

[ZosoIV]

That data has always been there - even on the old, 128kbps DRM'ed tracks. Since it has been verified by several sites that the audio data itself is not watermarked, stripping the MP4 tag away will get rid of any identifiable information.

[Strungup]

  smkranz said:

...but the paranoid half of me says this is sinister. After all, "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you." (Where'd that quote come from?)

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/busi...icle1871173.ece

and

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005282.php

I buy occasional music from iTunes. Then I typically burn them onto CDs to play in my car, and/or to transfer them to a SD card to play in my Palm handheld or, onto Hi-MD. Once burned to CD, they also sometimes get lent out to friends and family.

Query: once an iTunes track is burned to an audio CD, all that personally-identifiable information which is embedded in the AAC files is gone...right?

I dont buy ANYTHING from iTunes , although I am a subscriber to a plethera of podcasts , only the free ones , and that I do not have to register for .

Music I buy in the CD stores , or at recycle shops , 100 yen for a CD , that is 10-12 tracks for 1 dollar , and your paying a buck a song .

That is the cost of laziness , when you could go to a Used CD shop and pick up a buttload of music , keep the Music industry alive , as well as small businesses ,

Its the downloaders that are killling everything so dont complain about your personal info getting smattered. You wanna download you will pay in more than 1 way

Just my 2 cents , I have over 1500 podcast and NO info swiping . ...... think about it .

No my iTunes is not registered at the store , I declined on installation , no credit cards , and no iTunes account.