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        <div>The "concerning part" in question very much reads like
          standard catch-all disclaimer, which would initially mean it
          is just there to save their butts in case of the outlying
          case.  <br>
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    <p>While in Kitchener, that is in new Berlin :) , word
      "Bundestrojaner" comes to mind. Let's recoup:</p>
    <p>- yearly 2010's, CCC catches German government spreading this
      malware, e.g.
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theregister.com/2011/10/12/bundestrojaner/">https://www.theregister.com/2011/10/12/bundestrojaner/</a></p>
    <p>- 2012, government says to back off,
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/germany-backs-away-from-using-a-trojan-on-its-citizens-for-now/">https://www.zdnet.com/article/germany-backs-away-from-using-a-trojan-on-its-citizens-for-now/</a><br>
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    <p>- from 2018, still in courts?
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.avira.com/en/blog/germany-constitutional-complaint-against-federal-trojan">https://www.avira.com/en/blog/germany-constitutional-complaint-against-federal-trojan</a><br>
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    <p>- 2021, trying to legalize indiscriminate usage,
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://proprivacy.com/privacy-news/german-government-plans-to-infect-citizens-with-state-trojans">https://proprivacy.com/privacy-news/german-government-plans-to-infect-citizens-with-state-trojans</a><br>
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    <p>I had classes in translation at my high school. Let me try to put
      "Bundestrojaner" into English: access capability. This word
      combination deserves a direct correlation. It has been used in
      infamous Australian Act, in UK IP Act. I loose count after two :)
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        <div>However, this got me thinking about what kind of
          information a government entity would possibly ask Audacity to
          collect for them?  And that really gets terrifying quickly. 
          Could the government demand that audacity record an "audio
          fingerprint" of any Audacity project a user creates that could
          help identify the creator of a piece of media considered
          unfavourable to the government?  And whose government?  Add to
          that the possibility of courts subpoenaing this info for
          copyright related lawsuits and this spirals downward very
          quickly.</div>
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    <p>I read this, and it amazes me that these considerations haven't
      come to my mind. Of course, there are so many ways to harm a
      human. In academic speak, there are so many threat models. Wow.<br>
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        <div>I never used to be the kind of person who worried about
          this kind of thing.  Then the government of my country started
          to terrify me with their actions.  And I don't even live in
          one of the scary countries</div>
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    <p>I've migrated to Western freer world, I've ran from non-free. For
      what its worth, let me spell the following with my own tears,
      blood, horror: we, you and me, have nowhere else to run. That's it
      folks. We take it on, cause you can run to America, but there is
      already nowhere else to run from it. Its a small round globe.<br>
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          > Looks like Audacity project changed hands a few months
          ago, and has now<br>
          > released an updated privacy notice, indicating that they
          collect<br>
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          Ars Technica just published an article on this subject:<br>
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href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/no-open-source-audacity-audio-editor-is-not-spyware/"
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