Spotify Family: The location of the members is now checked via GPS
from David Haydl 
on September 24, 2018, 9:30 am | Write a comment
Until now, users who wanted to join an existing Spotify family plan had to enter the same address as the administrator of that plan. This ensured that everyone lived under one roof. Now this check takes place with GPS.
To use Spotify Family, all six "family members" must live under the same roof. This is what the terms and conditions of Spotify want. For a long time, members of a Spotify family plan only had to enter their zip code to confirm where they lived. This check has been carried out by entering the address since June 2017.
Since, however, it was often tricked here to save a lot of money, Spotify Family users have received an email from the provider since September 17th asking them to confirm with a GPS check that they are in the same house as the owner of the Family plan. Since recently, Spotify wants to ensure that the terms and conditions are not violated. If you do not allow the verification, you lose your account, so Spotify.
Verification can (still) be bypassed
However, there is a way to bypass this verification. In the mail that every Spotify Family user received, you have to click on "Confirm via GPS". Then you will be asked by your operating system whether Spotify can access the location of the device, which you have to refuse. Then it is enough to enter the same zip code as the admin. However, it is not certain when and whether Spotify will close this back door.
