Comments on: Remove Identifying Information from Rhapsody MP3s http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/15/remove-identifying-information-from-rhapsody-mp3s/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:08:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: keck http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/15/remove-identifying-information-from-rhapsody-mp3s/#comment-409975 keck Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:42:38 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5338#comment-409975 Good idea! I happen to have some, so I ran http://perlhack.com/mp3_utilities/list_tags.pl.txt on them. Here's a snippit: ############# COMM ############# $VAR1 = { 'Language' => 'eng', 'Description' => '', 'Text' => 'Amazon.com Song ID: nnnnnnnn', 'encoding' => 0 }; $VAR2 = 'Comments'; Where the 'nnnnnn' is the Song ID from Amazon. There is also an APIC (attached picture) as in rhapsody's mp3's, but it is probably just the cover art. Either of these outfits (or anybody else) could also be adding identifying info steganographically, so it's still on you if you share them :) Good idea! I happen to have some, so I ran http://perlhack.com/mp3_utilities/list_tags.pl.txt on them. Here’s a snippit:

############# COMM #############
$VAR1 = {
‘Language’ => ‘eng’,
‘Description’ => ”,
‘Text’ => ‘Amazon.com Song ID: nnnnnnnn’,
‘encoding’ => 0
};
$VAR2 = ‘Comments’;

Where the ‘nnnnnn’ is the Song ID from Amazon. There is also an APIC (attached picture) as in rhapsody’s mp3’s, but it is probably just the cover art.

Either of these outfits (or anybody else) could also be adding identifying info steganographically, so it’s still on you if you share them :)

]]> By: Scikotic http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/15/remove-identifying-information-from-rhapsody-mp3s/#comment-409919 Scikotic Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:29:35 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5338#comment-409919 Does anyone know if the Amazon MP3's have personal info and, if so, how would you remove it? Does anyone know if the Amazon MP3’s have personal info and, if so, how would you remove it?

]]> By: keck http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/15/remove-identifying-information-from-rhapsody-mp3s/#comment-409566 keck Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:19:09 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5338#comment-409566 darkkosmos: of course :) I just wanted the fastest way possible of looking for anywhere they might have put personal info, and I write perl all day, so using MP3::Tag was it. I could write the same thing in C, C++, python, lisp, or any other programming language. It's basically just reading a file and parsing it into it's parts. I threw those together in about 5 minutes total. darkkosmos: of course :) I just wanted the fastest way possible of looking for anywhere they might have put personal info, and I write perl all day, so using MP3::Tag was it. I could write the same thing in C, C++, python, lisp, or any other programming language. It’s basically just reading a file and parsing it into it’s parts. I threw those together in about 5 minutes total.

]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/15/remove-identifying-information-from-rhapsody-mp3s/#comment-408546 Martin Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:33:37 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5338#comment-408546 Well you can basically use any mp3 tagger that you like and remove them manually. Well you can basically use any mp3 tagger that you like and remove them manually.

]]> By: darkkosmos http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/15/remove-identifying-information-from-rhapsody-mp3s/#comment-408506 darkkosmos Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:54:06 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5338#comment-408506 Isn't there are non perl way to do this? Isn’t there are non perl way to do this?

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