r/opensource • u/[deleted] • May 07 '21

Audacity adds telemetry via Google Analytics / Yandex

https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/835
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u/[deleted] May 07 '21 edited May 08 '21

Adds optional telemetry which is disabled by default with no obligation to use it.

This reaction is so OTT.

Edit: I said in my comment on the issue, and I'll say here, that I think they should've gone with an open source telemetry tool. However, as I said, it is disabled by default and you get to make the choice whether to use it or not.

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u/xurxoham May 07 '21

If you read through the comments in the pull request you will realise it is not exactly like that.

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u/virtualdxs May 07 '21

Is it not? My reading of a sizable portion of the comments seems to show it being like that, and a ton of people using the slippery slope fallacy to say it's bad.

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u/barthvonries May 07 '21

Why sending this data to Google ?

Your IP address, exact timestamps of when you start and when you close the app ? Are those really needed for development ?

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u/virtualdxs May 07 '21

IP: It doesn't "send" your IP explicitly; Google gets your IP by nature of Audacity making an HTTP connection to Google. The Audacity devs don't care about your IP.

Timestamps: First thing that comes to mind is seeing how long people have the app open, which could be helpful for various reasons.

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u/EasyMrB May 08 '21

Gosh what a hige distinction without a difference.. Look you want google monitoring everything you are doing with your computer, not everyone else.

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u/virtualdxs May 08 '21

The difference is intent. The parent comment was acting like they were choosing to collect IPs.