#21 2021-07-08 14:35:44

DeepDayze

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Re: Audacity now a possible spyware -

I would be very surprised if Debian hadn't done that already, assuming that there even was such code in audacity <=2.4.2.

2.4.2 seems to be safe on Debian, and on Windows 3.0.2 seems to be OK as it was released just before Muse closed its acquisition. I blocked updates on the Windows one just to be safe.

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jeffreyC

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Re: Audacity now a possible spyware -

Another telemetry free fork:

https://github.com/SartoxOnlyGNU/audacium

AndrewSmart

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Re: Audacity now a possible spyware -

Interesting. I looked into Audacity some years ago and submitted 3 patches to their mailing list for their consideration. They were nice. One of the devs chatted with me off-list.

I'm in Richard Stallman's philosophical camp on this.

Today it looks like the Audacity "owner" apologized and revised the privacy policy, but allegedly they still are trying to circumvent "copyleft" and thus there remains good reason for a fork: https://fosspost.org/audacity-developer … cy-policy/

Weird.

jeffreyC

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Re: Audacity now a possible spyware -

Their CLA reminds me of the Canonical/Ubuntu CLA from back when upstart was a rival to systemd for the Debian init.
Wonder if they just copied it?

The Byte Size Brawler

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Re: Audacity now a possible spyware -

To be fair I rarely use Audacity now days (not sure why I still I've still got it installed probably just encase I need to do some super quick recording etc) If this is still true then it might be worth taking a look at a fork then

Interesting. Meanwhile, the vastly superior Ardour 6.8 was released this week...

https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html

But Audacity was the go-to for a simple DAW, ready to use OOTB. Sad if true.

I've been a Reaper user for years I've never used Ardour, am I missing much? (Did a google search but it came up with the usual really unhelpful comparison waffle)

ohnonot

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Re: Audacity now a possible spyware -

Happy to see Ardour in the Debian repos.

The guys at LateNightLinux have also been mentioning Ardour several times now (not only in connection with the Audacity debacle).
Guess I'll try it.

brontosaurusrex

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Re: Audacity now a possible spyware -

Something really simple (discovered by accident while checking puppy linux) is mhwaveedit - in repos (Not an audacity replacement).

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Re: Audacity now a possible spyware -

mhwaveedit - in repos

And in the BL Lithium shortcut install menu.
menu > System > Install Selected Packages > Multimedia Editors

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Re: Audacity now a possible spyware -

I see.

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