Computer Software > General software

Audacity - looking to grab lots of data

(1/3) > >>

Bowdon:
If any of you guys use the audio program Audacity then be aware that since its been bought out by a new company they have changed the privacy policy so its going to be grabbing lots of data on users.

Audacity users are seriously angry right now
https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/audacity-fans-are-absolutely-furious-right-now-heres-why


--- Quote ---Under the new privacy policy, Audacity will collect information such as OS version, CPU and error codes, but also the location of the user. According to the policy, this information is required for analytics purposes and to improve the application, although it’s unclear where location data slots into this picture.

The policy goes on to state that Audacity will collect “data necessary for law enforcement, litigation and authorities’ requests”, but does not expand on what type of information this clause might cover, leading to speculation it could be used to justify an unacceptable breach of user privacy.
--- End quote ---

banger:
That's me not updating it. I thought Muse had backed down from telemetrics. Maybe not.

Alex Atkin UK:
The ....?  Especially that second paragraph.

Bowdon:
I was just reading the site story that one linked to and the bit about law enforcement, litigation and authorities bit is explained in a graph.

It says legal grounds for processing; Legitimate interest of WSM to defend its legal rights and interests.

https://fosspost.org/audacity-is-now-a-spyware/

So does this mean if someone uses certain music and are mixing it via audacity, that the program will just hand over all the data to the music company?

burakkucat:
Surely no data can be transferred if Audacity is used on a system that is not connected to the Internet? Or am I misunderstanding something?  :-\

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page