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Re:Audacity may collect “Data necessary for law enforcement,... by ergot_vacation on Sunday July 04, 2021 @02:07AM (#27727577)
1. Good people make good thing.

2. Bad people steal good thing.

3. Bad people ruin good thing while trying to make money with it.

Tale as old as time.

Re:Audacity may collect “Data necessary for law enforcement,... by DNied on Sunday July 04, 2021 @10:58AM (#27730115)
> 2. Bad people steal good thing.

2. Good people sell good thing to bad people.

Re:Audacity may collect “Data necessary for law enforcement,... by Rexxar on Sunday July 04, 2021 @03:17PM (#27731928)
If they know they sell to bad people, are they really good people ?
Re:Audacity may collect “Data necessary for law enforcement,... by ozfive on Monday July 12, 2021 @12:58PM (#27812393)
Excellent point!
Re:Audacity may collect “Data necessary for law enforcement,... by aspaceman on Sunday July 04, 2021 @11:25AM (#27730354)
1. FUD 2. FUD 3. FUD

Seriously you add crash reporting to your app and all the idiots who can't read swarm like flies. Reddit and HN actually sell your info, and they're using this for crash reporting.

My head hurts so badly.

Re:Audacity may collect “Data necessary for law enforcement,... by slipframe on Sunday July 04, 2021 @08:03PM (#27733612)
> > 1. Good people make good thing.

> 1. FUD

"Good people make good things" is 'fear, uncertainty, doubt'? Have you been huffing paint fumes again aspaceman? Try as you might, you'll never get to space that way; all you're doing is killing your braincells (which is probably why your head hurts!)

Re:Audacity may collect “Data necessary for law enforcement,... by aydwi on Sunday July 04, 2021 @03:08PM (#27731876)
What a crass remark!

First of all, learn how to talk on a public forum without coming out like a total jackass. Second, read the actual text.

> Personal Data we collect

> Data necessary for law enforcement, litigation and authorities’ requests (if any)

They don't disclose exactly what they collect. That is the very definition of shady, and grounds enough for a privacy sensitive user to abandon the software. It's not just "crash reporting" as you proclaim.

Moreover, if you think they won't sell it, I quote again from the original announcement (which, if you made the effort to read, would have saved us this conversation)

> Who does Audacity share your Personal Data with?

> to a potential buyer (and its agents and advisers) in connection with any proposed purchase, merger or acquisition of any part of our business, provided that we inform the buyer it must use your Personal Data only for the purposes disclosed in this Notice;

Re:Audacity may collect “Data necessary for law enforcement,... by jfrunyon on Sunday July 04, 2021 @07:11PM (#27733364)
That is clearly referring to a buyer of their company and clearly indicates that your data still can't be sold.