Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application you open (2020)

05 Feb 2020 Disclaimer: I haven’t asked Wacom for comment about this story because I’m not a journalist and I don’t know how to do that. I don’t believe I’ve got anything important wrong, however. Chapter 1: The discovery I have a Wacom drawing tablet. I use it to draw cover illustrations for my blog posts, such as this one: Last week I set up my tablet on my new laptop. As part of installing its drivers I was asked to accept Wacom’s privacy policy. Being a mostly-normal person I never usually read privacy policies. Instead I vigorously hammer the “yes” button in an effort to reach the game, machine, or medical advice on the other side of the agreement as fast as possible. But Wacom’s request made me pause. Why does a device that is essentially a mouse need a privacy policy? I wondered. Sensing skullduggery, I decided to make an exception to my anti-privacy-policy-policy and give this one a read. In Wacom’s defense (that’s the only time you’re going to see that phrase today), the ... Read full article.