Virtual Legality has become (a bit) known for our deep dives into terms of service, data policies, and the like, so it was no surprise when a number of folks reached out to ask about a privacy policy change covering open source audio capture application "Audacity".
What came as a bit more of a surprise was just how right (at least some of) those complaints turned out to be.
Oh the audacity, today...in Virtual Legality.
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#Audacity #Data #PrivacyNotice
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Discussed in this episode:
"Audacity users are seriously angry right now - here’s why"
Tech Radar - July 5, 2021
https://www.techradar.com/news/audacity-fans-are-absolutely-furious-right-now-heres-why
"Paging [Hoeg Law]..."
Tweet - July 5, 2021 - Parallax Abstraction
https://twitter.com/PXAbstraction/status/1411846465237000194
"PSA: If you use Audacity..."
Twitter Thread - July 4, 2021 - Elle
https://twitter.com/KrashHash/status/1411725491581587457
"Privacy Notice"
Audacity Webpage - Updated July 2, 2021
https://www.audacityteam.org/about/desktop-privacy-notice/
Facebook Data Policy
Updated January 11, 2001
https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
Facebook Terms of Service
Updated October 22, 2020
https://www.facebook.com/terms.php
Audacity License
https://www.audacityteam.org/about/license/
"GNU General Public License, version 2"
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
"GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, version 3"
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
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