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Spotify ramps up policy enforcement on family plans (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

They are not that dumb. Apparently the code changes every few minutes (or seconds). Just a matter of time until they also check geolocation and/or IP during the scan.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago

    Actually they probably already have geolocation enabled because the article says the family member needs to be at the same location when they scan the code.

    I guess family plans are for members who live at the same house. If someone moves away to college then they can't be a part of the family anymore.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

    I mean a simple video call where you share your screen, and some network thing/config might solve that? If they’re not given exact/precise location on eg your phone, will they default to country/city? There must be some workarounds to these silly things.

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