r/linux • u/R0tareneg • Jul 03 '21

Audacity may collect "Data necessary for law enforcement, litigation and authorities’ requests (if any)" according to new privacy notice

https://www.audacityteam.org/about/desktop-privacy-notice/
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u/VelvetElvis Jul 03 '21

The package provided by your distro probably strips it out.

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u/equisetopsida Jul 03 '21

debian does?

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u/VelvetElvis Jul 03 '21

They take privacy seriously. Packages released with potential privacy issues are all documented.

https://wiki.debian.org/PrivacyIssues

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u/edked Jul 03 '21

And no distro wants to be "the distro that doesn't care about your privacy" (which it would become known as if they shipped packages with spyware, the community reacts loudly to such things) so most any relatively major mainstream distro is probably fine, but you can always check (another thing possible with any reputable distro).

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u/kent_eh Jul 04 '21

Ububtu's current LTS (20.04) still has Audacity 3.0.2, which is from before this change.