> IIUC both were projects spawned after Audacity added telemetry to their release builds.
Even more, Muse Group (owner of MuseScore and Audacity) is affiliated with Russia and has two offices in Kaliningrad and St.Petersburg, so for security reasons it better to not use those apps.[0]
> Another controversy in July 2021[1] resulted from a change to the privacy policy which said that although personal data was stored on servers in the European Economic Area, the program would "occasionally [be] required to share your personal data with our main office in Russia and our external counsel in the USA"[2]
Even more, Muse Group (owner of MuseScore and Audacity) is affiliated with Russia and has two offices in Kaliningrad and St.Petersburg, so for security reasons it better to not use those apps.[0]
> Another controversy in July 2021[1] resulted from a change to the privacy policy which said that although personal data was stored on servers in the European Economic Area, the program would "occasionally [be] required to share your personal data with our main office in Russia and our external counsel in the USA"[2]
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27748261
[1] https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/23/audactiy_apology/
[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57721967