Audacity Is Now A Possible Spyware, Remove It ASAP. he parent company is a multi-national company and it has been trying to start a data-collection mechanism in the software. While Audacity is nothing more than a desktop program, its developers want to make it phone home with various data taken...

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[–]JasonCarswell 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (9 children)

Just fork it.

"Audacity (Anti-Spyware Edition)"

[–]iDontShift 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

https://github.com/cookiengineer/audacity

it has already been done

[–]ArcturianDeathTrap 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Also, from the comments of the website, https://www.darkaudacity.com/

[–]iDontShift 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

nice, thanks for making me aware!

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks!

[–]ArcturianDeathTrap 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

"For what it's worth, I forked Audacity yesterday and removed all telemetry that could potentially spy on users from the codebase. We're currently deciding on a nice rebranded name (as Audacity is trademarked) and are in the process of founding a GitHub organization afterwards. We're also looking for maintainers that could help with Windows and MacOS builds. The repo's link is (for now):" https://github.com/cookiengineer/audacity

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Fantastic!

If there's a naming contest I'd like to hear about it, and maybe SaidIt would be a good place to share it too.

Also, if you need a logo, I'd like to throw a design or few in to consider. A contest would be good for that too.

[–]Pis-dur[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

soundtown - soundscraper - no idea :P
Or Kos (Polish name for common blackbird) - his singing is the most beautiful of all birds.
Here's his song - https://yewtu.be/watch?v=BmprMDm9PW0

[–]eh-non-plus 0 insightful - 1 fun0 insightful - 0 fun1 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What is there to improve? A fork would imply that the product is ever-changing and needs improvements. Just grab an old version and be done.

Carswell is probably one of those guys that thinks every software project has to be constantly updating.

[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

eh-non-plus is probably one of those guys that makes grand assumptions without thinking.

Where was I calling for constant updates? I only asked for a version without the spyware.

An old version is fine for now. When they add the spyware I would assume they'll add some kind of improvement to entice/dupe people into getting it. The new FLOSS fork can implement that new improvement without the spyware - or simply omit any involvement with the corrupt version's direction. Furthermore, a loud and public announcement of a fork without spyware would make the world aware and cautious of the attempted hijack as well as publicly shame the problematic parent company and their minions.