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Multi-platform open-source digital audio recording and editing application
Audacity’s safety debate centers not on malware but on a 2021 privacy-policy change under Muse Group that introduced limited telemetry (IP address, OS version, CPU type) for update-checking and option...
Audacity was accused of becoming "spyware" after Muse Group updated its privacy policy in mid‑2021 to describe telemetry and limited data collection; Muse/Audacity denied it was spyware and said the w...
Audacity’s desktop privacy notice says the app collects limited telemetry: IP address, operating system name/version, CPU type and optional crash reports; update-checking requires a network connection...
Using containers or virtual machines to run Audacity is a practical way to isolate projects and limit exposure of sensitive files: Docker images for Audacity exist (for example linuxserver’s image and...
Yes—open-source alternatives to Audacity exist in 2025, including full DAWs like Ardour and several waveform editors and web tools listed in open-source roundups; TechRadar and multiple directories co...
There are reputable, privacy-focused forks and alternatives to Audacity that explicitly position themselves as minimizing or eliminating telemetry, most notably the open-source fork Tenacity; broader ...
Audacity’s team says the desktop app only collects minimal update-and-error data (IP address anonymised, OS and CPU info, and update checks) and provides options to disable update checking in Preferen...