{"id":15048,"date":"2021-02-17T13:22:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=15048"},"modified":"2024-01-25T05:18:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T13:18:00","slug":"spotify-granted-patent-to-use-mic-to-infer-emotional-state-age-gender-and-accent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/spotify-granted-patent-to-use-mic-to-infer-emotional-state-age-gender-and-accent\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify granted patent to use mic to infer emotional state, age, gender, and accent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spotify has been granted a patent on using your phone\u2019s microphone to analyze the sounds around you for the purpose of giving song recommendations. The technology would listen for environmental noises such as \u201cvehicles on a street, other people talking, birds chirping, printers printing, and so on,\u201d to try and figure out where you are and give recommendations based on location. Additionally, the technology would listen in on your specific voice to analyze your emotional mood. The patent is titled: \u201cIdentification of taste attributes from an audio signal.\u201d A copy of the patent can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/files\/2021\/01\/SPOT-Patent.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. Spotify first applied for the patent back in 2018, but it wasn\u2019t awarded until 2021.<\/p>\n<h2>Spotify\u2019s new patent hints at a future where your emotions are no longer private<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that this is just a patent at this point. Spotify hasn\u2019t yet added this functionality to their popular music streaming app, but being granted the patent is definitely the first concrete step towards that. It\u2019s hard to tell when exactly Spotify might start trying to utilize your phone\u2019s microphone for more than just receiving voice commands. It\u2019s not even clear yet if Spotify would try to make their app \u201calways listening\u201d a la Amazon Alexa or if the sentiment analysis will only happen incidentally to other uses of the mic. Whenever this new feature is rolled out, though, don\u2019t be surprised to see an accompanying update to the Spotify privacy policy because it\u2019s reasonable to assume they may want to sell this information to third parties to add to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/how-real-time-bidding-for-online-ads-silently-undermines-your-privacy-online\/\">real time ad tracking monolith<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With machine learning thrown into the mix, it\u2019s not hard to imagine a world where Spotify might be able to make better inferences as to an individual\u2019s emotional state than even said individual. Similarly, other insights from a Spotify user\u2019s voice can be used to infer their gender, age, and even accent. Even without knowing how Spotify will capitalize on their patent, it\u2019s easy to imagine myriad privacy concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotify has been granted a patent on using your phone\u2019s microphone to analyze the sounds around you for the purpose of giving song recommendations. 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