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Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open

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Re: Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open

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Post by userbinator »

citboin wrote: post #173
contingencies wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am a long time Wacom customer and this pisses me off too. I will certainly be trying out alternative brands in future. How about organizing an open source hackfest for alternative tablet brands? Some alternative tablet manufacturers: https://www.veikk.cn/products/ (绘客) https://www.huion.cn/ (绘王) https://www.gaomon.net/Pen_Tablet/ (高漫) https://www.ugee.com.cn/ (友基) https://www.parblo.cn/ (Parblo) http://www.penpower…

I’ve been avoiding those products because they’re Chinese. Can a pihole be used to stop tracking?

Wacom isn't American either --- it's Japanese, and its products are also made in China; quite possibly by the same OEMs.

Re: Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open

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Post by eitland »

dreamcompiler wrote: post #165

At this point I don't think there's a solution for this crap except regulation. Any PM of practically any product that has a software component is now expected to include revenue-generating spyware in the package; if she doesn't she gets fired. Regulation is the only solution. And the fines need to be stiff, like $10,000 per incident per user. It's gotta hurt or companies won't stop doing it.

It wouldn't surprise me a single bit if this is against the GDPR. Actually it would surprise me slightly if this is not against the GDPR.

Contrary to what many, both companies and individuals, seem to think, GDPR is not about cookie pop-ups but about regulating collection, storage and use of personal data.

Re: Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open

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Post by dr_kiszonka »

tailspin2019 wrote: post #158
dr_kiszonka wrote: post #142

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I really like the bounty idea. There are tons of highly skilled and wealthy folks in the HN community, who are upset about issues such as privacy in tech, poor security in public sector organizations (utilities, education), etc. With some good, informal, leadership, we could put the community's resources to good use and help solve these problems. Folks who don't see meaning in their regular jobs could find contributi…

So who's going to take the lead on setting up the Hacker News Consumer Privacy Program? :)

Sadly, I have neither money nor leadership skills!

Re: Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open

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Post by yeko »

citboin wrote: post #173
contingencies wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am a long time Wacom customer and this pisses me off too. I will certainly be trying out alternative brands in future. How about organizing an open source hackfest for alternative tablet brands? Some alternative tablet manufacturers: https://www.veikk.cn/products/ (绘客) https://www.huion.cn/ (绘王) https://www.gaomon.net/Pen_Tablet/ (高漫) https://www.ugee.com.cn/ (友基) https://www.parblo.cn/ (Parblo) http://www.penpower…

I’ve been avoiding those products because they’re Chinese. Can a pihole be used to stop tracking?

There is unofficial open source driver for tablet from these brands.

https://github.com/OpenTabletDriver/OpenTabletDriver

Re: Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open

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Post by inside65 »

kadoban wrote: post #155
breakingcups wrote: post #124

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I take it you both also boycott Sony Music Group?

I still do. One rootkit per lifetime is enough. Probably has cost them $5000 by now from me.

Actually it hasn't cost them anything.

Re: Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open

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Post by bentcorner »

playpause wrote: post #168
breakingcups wrote: post #124

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I take it you both also boycott Sony Music Group?

If boycotting something comes at a personal cost to the boycotter (such as having to put up with a lesser product that fits their principles better), and they don't have the time or energy to boycott everything that challenges their principles, does that mean they should boycott nothing at all?

Additionally the values of one person varies to the next. To post a question of "do you also boycott X" as some kind of gotcha because of perceived shared values seems presumptuous at best.

Re: Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open

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Post by ClumsyPilot »

playpause wrote: post #168
breakingcups wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I take it you both also boycott Sony Music Group?

If boycotting something comes at a personal cost to the boycotter (such as having to put up with a lesser product that fits their principles better), and they don't have the time or energy to boycott everything that challenges their principles, does that mean they should boycott nothing at all?

"they don't have the time or energy to boycott everything that challenges their principles"

Or maybe they don't want to live in a cave.

If my principles are "carbon neutral, no spyware, workers were not exploited", I think there are zero washing machines, cars and TVs that meet those criteria.

Re: Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open

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Post by ClumsyPilot »

jodrellblank wrote: post #50

Discussed before, and brought up in comments: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22247292 (this article, earlier thread) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22803484 (comment by the author of the article) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22512696 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27963867 One of those links was me mentioning it, and this got so under my skin it took Wacom's brand from "premium, resp…

> "Like Lenovo's "let's ship spyware with Thinkpads" did."

I I did that, I'd be in jail. It's about time we'd started treating this as what it is: data theft and stalking.

Re: Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open

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Post by LdSGSgvupDV »

codedokode wrote: post #75

There is a myth that if you are a paying customer then you are not a product. As we see, for more and more companies like Wacom, Microsoft or Apple you are a product no matter if you pay or not. Have some self respect and vote with your wallet against such companies.

p->q != ~p->~-q

p->q = ~pvq

So, you are a product. No matter you are paying or not.

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