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iTunes Plus Stores Personal Information On Your Downloads
A good portion of the iTunes crowd breathed a sigh of relief last week, when it was announced that iTunes downloads would become DRM free. Since that time, more details have been announced or leaked about some of the outcomes of iTunes going DRM free.
For those who like to “share” their music, you might have thought become DRM free would be a godsend. You might want to postpone on uploading your library as Apple has a system in place that can still protect their music from piracy. Encoded on each individual track is your account information. So, even though the music can be transferred to many devices, your trail is still left on the file.
[via: Cnet.co.uk]
January 13th, 2009 at 8:05 am
I hate to sound negative here, but did you really think that iTunes Plus files before the announcement was not encoded with your account information and is now doing this?
iTunes has been storing account information in their “Plus” tracks since the very first file.
January 13th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
what he said
January 14th, 2009 at 7:35 am
yes, but with Apple making tracks DRM-free the idea of your information being stored on the files is even more important
February 12th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
[...] is DRM free which is great but HEY MY PURCHASE INFO ARE ON THE TRACKS?, and there is no easy way to get rid of them, me so frustrated, why apple is dumping all kinds of [...]