Overview

• Panama Playlists published the full listening histories of public figures, revealing non-public play counts and live-listening feeds beyond ordinary public playlists.
• The leak encompasses Vice President JD Vance, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and entrepreneur Palmer Luckey.
• Palmer Luckey confirmed his playlist’s authenticity, while others cautioned that some tracks may have been played during activities like Peloton workouts rather than personal choice.
• The site’s anonymous creators claim to have monitored Spotify accounts since summer 2024 using detective work but offer no details on their identity or methods.
• Spotify has not commented on the incident, prompting privacy concerns and formal inquiries into how hidden usage metrics were obtained.