Here's some of what you missed at The Thirsty Robot: Technical Musings Technology Topic - Open Source Privacy... Discussion started with the hot topic of Audacity , specifically the changes that will be made to the privacy policy in the forthcoming 3.0.3 version, as well as giving it a PG-13 rating. The general opinion was that it would be forked, and the Muse Group 's acquired version would be consigned to obscurity. Here's some of the media coverage: https://news.itsfoss.com/audacity-fiasco-fork/ https://gizmodo.com/audacity-s-privacy-policy-doesn-t-make-it-spyware-bec-1847235025 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57721967 A little bit of research shows a media feeding frenzy which seems to have been triggered by bad timing from the Muse Group, then more bad timing, then GDPR, then the US child protection legislation (As in you now have to declare if your YouTube video upload was 'Made for children' or not...) , and then the media attention kicked in. All in a...
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