Overview

• The anonymous Panama Playlists site continues publishing public figures’ Spotify data scraped since summer 2024.
• Several individuals, including Palmer Luckey and New York Times journalist Mike Isaac, have confirmed that the playlists listed under their names are authentic.
• Spotify has issued a formal warning that scraping public playlists through its platform breaches its Terms of Use.
• The incident highlights how Spotify’s default public-by-default design forces users to manually toggle each playlist to private to protect their listening history.
• The identity of the Panama Playlists operator and the precise methods used to collect detailed playback information remain unknown.