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Is Spotify desktop unsafe to install on Ubuntu? (self.privacy)

submitted 4 days ago by unicornBro to c/[email protected]

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Basically, my entire system is FOSS but I'm tempted to install the Spotify .deb package. Would that give Spotify access to info about my system?

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[–] yonder 16 points 4 days ago

Standard Debian packages have access to things like your home folder and other things that can be accessed without superuser level access. If you're not okay with that, don't install it.

If a flatpak package is available, it can have it's permissions controlled by Flatseal, allowing you to restrict Spotify's permissions.