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Re:Wacom tablets track every app you open by dmitryminkovsky on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @10:45AM (#22247742)
This is getting voted down, but is this not true? My iPhone knows all my top apps and shows them on whatever that screen is called, with the search, and adjusts them over time as usage changes. Maybe it’s not “more important,” but why vote this down? How do I know that data doesn’t go back to Apple with “telemetry”?
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Re:Wacom tablets track every app you open by cmcd on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @10:50AM (#22247805)
A Wacom tablet is not the same as a phone, it is a peripheral. This is like your Dell keyboard tracking your keystrokes and what application they go into.
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Re:Wacom tablets track every app you open by AlexandrB on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @11:31AM (#22248349)
Which is a thing that has already happened with Razer[1]. They back-pedalled (a little) after pressure from customers[2].

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8klf7a/razer_synap...

[2] https://www.techradar.com/news/razer-synapse-3-app-delivers-...

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Re:Wacom tablets track every app you open by nottorp on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @01:02PM (#22249392)
It's a bit late for them <pats SteelSeries mouse>.
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Re:Wacom tablets track every app you open by diffeomorphism on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @10:55AM (#22247891)
A specialized keyboard using different button layouts and settings per app. Also, not tracking keystrokes at all but rather "used special keyboard with app foo".

As a better example, suppose it were a game controller. Then the question "what games are people using this controller with?" seems quite reasonable. Filter to games only and anonymize the data and that would be fine.

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Re:Wacom tablets track every app you open by dmitryminkovsky on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @11:01AM (#22247969)
Oh okay. Makes sense. Thanks for explaining.
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Re:Wacom tablets track every app you open by efdee on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @10:50AM (#22247806)
It's downvoted mostly because bringing up iOS and Android in a discussion about Wacom tablets seems pretty off-topic and whataboutist.
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Re:Wacom tablets track every app you open by dmitryminkovsky on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @10:57AM (#22247913)
I didn’t understand what a Wacom tablet is. Now I do!
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Re:Wacom tablets track every app you open by dvtrn on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @11:18AM (#22248173)
I learned something in this thread as well from the question asked, wish a few commenters would drop the "whattaboutism" attitude, some of us are actually trying to learn something here.
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Re:Wacom tablets track every app you open by gruez on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @10:48AM (#22247777)
Because it’s like saying “well iOS/Android knows your contacts, so what’s the issue with Wacom siphoning your contacts?”

> How do I know that data doesn’t go back to Apple with “telemetry”?

By checking the privacy policy. Also, you can opt out of telemetry on iOS.

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Re:Wacom tablets track every app you open by dmitryminkovsky on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @10:49AM (#22247801)
Is OP saying that? The question I interpreted was “how is this different, such that I’m seeing this on the homepage of HN?”
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Re:Wacom tablets track every app you open by endorphone on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @10:50AM (#22247814)
It's an attempt at technical whataboutism (alternately it's just confused and thinks a wacom tablet is comparable to an iPad or something). The operating system obvious has to know what apps you're running, and can store metrics to the same -- locally -- to improve your experience. There is no reason Wacom needs to know, much less share it externally. It adds zero value for the end user.
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Re:Wacom tablets track every app you open by dmitryminkovsky on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @10:57AM (#22247916)
Yep. Sorry, was confused about what Wacom tablet was.
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