C.<p>This report about <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Wacom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wacom</span></a> graphics tablets is disturbing for a couple of reasons.</p><p>1. They are surveilling users of their <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/tablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tablet</span></a> - a human-interface device analogous to a mouse or trackball - recording every application you open, or when you switch between windows of different applications. They are collecting this data via a trip through Google Analytics, aka Spyware Central. There is no possible way to justify collection of this particular data; it is none of their damn business how long you have your drawing program focused before switching to your browser and back again. The author notes their privacy policy really doesn't describe this collection of data correctly, so there really can't be informed consent in the first place.</p><p>2. Why on earth is it possible in <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OSX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSX</span></a> / <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS</span></a> for a USB human interface device driver to capture this information in the first place? Apple shares a big slice of the blame here - this should just simply not be possible for the driver to collect in the first place. Having such a driver allowed to place outgoing HTTP requests is also a big "WTF are they thinking?" moment.</p><p><a href="https://robertheaton.com/2020/02/05/wacom-drawing-tablets-track-name-of-every-application-you-open/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">robertheaton.com/2020/02/05/wa</span><span class="invisible">com-drawing-tablets-track-name-of-every-application-you-open/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/GoogleAnalytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleAnalytics</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/spying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spying</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/crapware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crapware</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/GraphicsTablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GraphicsTablet</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DeviceDriver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeviceDriver</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/HID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HID</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/HumanInterfaceDevice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanInterfaceDevice</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/driver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>driver</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>