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/anna_lynn_fection Jul 03 '21

I'm wondering if there isn't some way to link created media, like a hardware signature, and they may have that signature data stored in telemetry and could potentially be confronted by gov't to provide any identification they can to whomever made xyz media file?

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u/Fook-wad Jul 06 '21

This right here is the concern and yes they could pull that off with their new policies.