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iTunes DRM-Free Files Contain Personal Info

Posted by kdawson on from the musical-steganography dept.

r2k writes "Apple's iTunes Plus files are DRM-free, but sharing the files on P2P networks may be an extremely bad idea. A report published by CNet highlights the fact that the account information and email address of the iTunes account holder is hidden inside each and every DRM-free download. I checked, and I found I couldn't access the information using an ID3 tag editor, but using Notepad I found my email address stored inside the audio file itself."

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  1. Vengance by gevreet · · Score: 1, Redundant

    1. Open mp3 with text editor 2. Find and replace your email with 3. Upload.

  2. would be interesting by ani23 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    to see if they actually did used to for enforcement how would they track someone down and on what basis would they press charges? Yeah your email was in that file. hell anyone could change the email using some tool and upload stuff. The whole thing seems pointless.