Post #3354490
2026-06-19 15:25 UTC
It only became opt-in when people found out.
And it’s not the only problem I have with Audacity, this is from an article in slashgear
“…For example, it says that it collects data necessary for law enforcement but doesn’t specify what kind of data is collected.
There are also questions regarding the storage of data, which is located in servers in the USA, Russia, and the European Economic Area. IP addresses, for example, are stored in an identifiable way for a day before being hashed and then stored in servers for a year. The new policy also disallows people under the age of 13 from using the software, which, as FOSS Post points out, is a violation of the GPL license that Audacity uses.”
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@Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-06-19 17:33
It only became opt-in when people found out. source? this is an open-source respository and everything i’ve found contradicts that the privacy policy thing was a different thing that was definitely a strike in my eyes, but keep in mind that they reverted that too pretty soon after controversy, claimed it was overzealous lawyering, and it’s been four years since without any further incidents.
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@Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-06-19 19:46
it was always opt-in. people finding out: github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/835#discussion_… people highlight the opt-in dialog text: github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/835#discussion_… there are no commits in between; it could not have been changed to opt-in “when people found out” as you claim.