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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
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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
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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
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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
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Ars Technica just published an article on this subject:<br>
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