<div dir="ltr"><div>I passed this on to a guy I know who's a heavy Audacity user..  he asked that if anyone sees any forks to let us know!</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 4 Jul 2021 at 01:21, Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Looks like Audacity project changed hands a few months ago, and has now <br>
released an updated privacy notice, indicating that they collect <br>
(limited) personal data. Also, they advise that their app is not to be <br>
used by those under 13 (likely due to collection of said data).<br>
<br>
The first type of data (system info, IP, etc) are likely related to <br>
Analytics.<br>
<br>
     * OS version<br>
     * User country based on IP address<br>
     * OS name and version<br>
     * CPU<br>
     * Non-fatal error codes and messages (i.e. project failed to open)<br>
     * Crash reports in Breakpad MiniDump format<br>
<br>
The concerning part is the second type:<br>
<br>
     * Data necessary for law enforcement, litigation and authorities’ <br>
       requests (if any)<br>
<br>
The privacy policy:<br>
<br>
     <a href="https://www.audacityteam.org/about/desktop-privacy-notice/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.audacityteam.org/about/desktop-privacy-notice/</a><br>
<br>
The issue questioning the change:<br>
<br>
     <a href="https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/1213" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/1213</a><br>
<br>
Some discussions:<br>
<br>
     <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/od3h8b/audacity_may_collect_data_necessary_for_law/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/od3h8b/audacity_may_collect_data_necessary_for_law/</a><br>
<br>
     <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27727150" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27727150</a><br>
<br>
As these things typically go, I expect somebody will reply shortly with <br>
the link to the predominant fork...<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Chris Irwin<br>
<br>
email:   <a href="mailto:chris@chrisirwin.ca" target="_blank">chris@chrisirwin.ca</a><br>
  xmpp:   <a href="mailto:chris@chrisirwin.ca" target="_blank">chris@chrisirwin.ca</a><br>
   web: <a href="https://chrisirwin.ca" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://chrisirwin.ca</a><br>
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