Downloadify! Spotify Fixes Security Hole Giving Free Downloads

After a Dutch developer noticed that the music sharing service wasn’t encrypted, he rustled up Downloadify, a Chrome extension allowing free downloads. The vulnerability, in Spotify’s web player, has now been fixed.

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