● 05.07.21

●● [Meme] Outsourcing Audacity Development to Microsoft Proprietary Software and Then Copying Microsoft Tactics (and ‘Telemetry’)

Posted in Deception, Free/Libre Software, GNU/Linux at 8:35 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Context: ‘A massive middle finger’: Open-source audio fans up in arms after Audacity opts to add telemetry capture | Audacity Telemetry and Why Free Software Means Better Privacy | The Audacity Takeover by Muse Group is No Cause for Celebration

No lessons learned from Ubuntu’s mistakes?

They know what you do ‘offline’ (with proprietary software it’s standard practice)

Summary: They’ve had the audacity to call it “telemetry” and pretend that surveillance companies (spying giants) cannot figure out who you are based on IP addresses

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