Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus revelations

Re:Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus r... by commoner on Monday July 19, 2021 @07:27PM (#27888443)

Since the telemetry is opt-in, some people disagree that Audacity should be called "spyware" for including it as an option. From the original pull request:

> Telemetry is strictly optional and disabled by default. No data is shared unless you choose to opt-in and enable telemetry.

https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/835

Ars Technica published an article describing the controversy as "massively overblown" and I agree with their analysis:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/no-open-source-audac...

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Re:Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus r... by blooalien on Monday July 19, 2021 @07:35PM (#27888508)

> Since the telemetry is opt-in, some people disagree that Audacity should be called "spyware" …

I could totally see that I guess… My point was more that the way folks reacted to that would probably be a pretty accurate indicator of how well "open source spyware" would be likely received. ;)

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