Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2016 October 10

= October 10 =

BT-Audio mystery
My Bluetooth-equipped (BT-Audio) car mysteriously "acquired" an album of music that I don't have on my phone or any other device. Nobody else has driven this car, and I can't figure out how this happened. Is it possible that it inadvertently downloaded it from a neighbor or even a passerby? I suppose it is possible that it was hacked, but this seems unlikely. Any other possibilities? 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:0:0:0:3 (talk) 18:52, 10 October 2016 (UTC)


 * How soon did you notice this? It could be a pre-loaded album. Installed as a sales-and-marketing ploy, to alert the new owner that he can spend load of money on BT by downloading music more to her/his liking . If you can name the album, others may be able to confirm “Yes, I found I  had that lousy album as well.. wondered where it came from”.--Aspro (talk) 19:38, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I just noticed this a few days ago -- and the car is a 2013 Jetta that I purchased new. The album is U2 (didn't notice which one, not Joshua Tree)) 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:0:0:0:3 (talk) 19:49, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * If the album was Songs of Innocence, and you are (or were) a customer of iTunes Music Store, you very probably do own that album: as our article describes, the album was automatically added to users' libraries as a free gift in 2014. It is conceivable that this album was in your library; it is conceivable that it synchronized to your car's system.  I do not know why you never noticed the album until now - we could speculate among many possible explanations.
 * If you do not want the album, you can remove it from your library and your account-history. You can also read all about this history of this album and its unusual distribution as a "free gift" in our encyclopedia article on that topic - needless to say, not everybody wanted to receive this gift, and it was the source of much confusion and much discussion when it happened en masse in 2014.
 * If you are not a user of iTunes Music Store, the album may have come from some other source.
 * Nimur (talk) 20:01, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Yep, that's the album. I think the mystery is solved.  As far as I know, I'm not a "user" of iTunes Store -- but I recently bought a new iPhone and synced it with the car.  The new phone is still a mystery to me, and will check into it.  Thanks!  2606:A000:4C0C:E200:0:0:0:3 (talk) 20:11, 10 October 2016 (UTC)