Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
- A website called Panama Playlists claims to have exposed the Spotify listening habits of politicians, tech CEOs, celebrities, and journalists by tracking their public playlists and listening activity.
- The leak reveals the personal music choices of some of the world’s most powerful people, including US Vice President JD Vance, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, United States Attorney General Pam Bondi, and others.
- The site highlights a big flaw in how Spotify handles the privacy of its users.
Turns out Spotify isn’t just a music streaming app anymore. It’s also a window into the music listening habits and private jam sessions of politicians, tech CEOs, journalists, that one guy you saw on cable news, and many others.