So as a more recent convert (in the last 10 years) to the great songs that Bruce Springsteen and the eStreet Band have created, I was intrigued to hear about the recent run of shows on Broadway.
I was even more excited to hear that there will be a range of recordings available from this residency.
By the time I found out that you could win a money can’t buy trip thanks to Sony Music, I decided to sign up.
All you have to do is connect to the site via one of your social media apps. Most of us will have some form of account that could be used, right?
Let’s have a closer look at this
Connecting via Twitter and the very helpful people who run the Sony site will be able to potentially do a lot of things on your behalf
For now, we’ll have to assume they wont post any offensive tweets as you, but no guarantees here. Imagine they get hacked and owned
In this social media world in which we live, where nothing you post gets forgotten, a breached account and subsequent tweets will potentially still be found even after they’re deleted from twitter.
However, this wasn’t the worst offender – let’s look at what they want to do via your spotify account.
Access your subscription details – wow! To do what? I am struggling to think of a reason why they’d need to see into your subscription details
But it’s OK, Sony Music have a Privacy Policy, outlining exactly how they will use your data
I don’t have the inclination to write more on that policy now.
What Sony don’t appear to have is a policy for how they will ensure you’re adequately protected in the event of a breach on their site. Whilst this isnt necessarily something you’d expect any company which processes your data to have, we have to put trust in their security controls. (Did you ever think Sony Pictures could have been hacked? )
This is a classic “free lunch” tactic and people need better privacy awareness. I estimate the total trip value to be £2500. I’m not entirely sure how much value my privacy has in monetary terms, but certainly it’s worth more than what Sony Music have to offer for it in return….