{"id":12387,"date":"2020-02-12T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=12387"},"modified":"2020-08-26T14:55:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T21:55:48","slug":"wacom-drawing-tablets-track-the-name-and-time-everytime-you-open-an-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wacom-drawing-tablets-track-the-name-and-time-everytime-you-open-an-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Wacom drawing tablets track the name and time everytime you open an app"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wacom drawing tablets have a dirty little secret \u2013 they are likely tracking the name and time of every app you\u2019re opening \u2013 and sending that information to Google. The discovery and damning of Wacom\u2019s anti-privacy actions are thanks to one observant Wacom drawing tablet user: Robert Heaton. Heaton used to use a Wacom drawing tablet to illustrate images for his blog, but was curious why the tablet \u2013 a glorified mouse pad \u2013 came with a privacy policy upon set up. He dug into the privacy policy (full text of Wacom privacy policy available here<\/a>) and found that section 3.1 included permission for Wacom to send information from the user\u2019s device to Google Analytics. What data you might ask?<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch information includes aggregate usage data, technical session information and information about Your hardware device.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The vague language of the privacy policy, which countless people have accepted over the years, had risen the hackles of other privacy conscious users in the past, but Heaton was the first to dig in and find exactly what was being sent. To do so, he used a proxy server, and a lot of ingenuity as the data was encrypted, to be able to find out exactly what his Wacom drawing tablet was sending to Google Analytics. After some digging, he discovered information being sent that may fall under aggregate usage data or technical session information, such as when the Wacom driver was turned on and off. However, the other information being sent led to a poignant question:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat requires more explanation is why Wacom think it\u2019s acceptable to record every time I open a new application, including the time, a string that presumably uniquely identifies me, and the application\u2019s name.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fortunately, this behavior can be stopped by the end user. Heaton has some advice for Wacom drawing tablet users, as well as instructions for how to turn off this anti-privacy functionality:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you too have a Wacom tablet (presumably this tracking is enabled for all of their models), open up the \u201cWacom Desktop Center\u201d and click around until you find a way to disable the \u201cWacom Experience Program\u201d. Then the next time you\u2019re buying a tablet, remember that Wacom tries to track every app you open, and consider giving another brand a go.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Privacy violations are out there, just waiting to be discovered<\/h2>\n

Wacom has been violating its users\u2019 privacy for years, and it\u2019s only in 2020 that this was revealed to the wider community \u2013 in no small part thanks to the original whistleblower: Robert Heaton. Robert Heaton has since made an impassioned open call<\/a> for any user of any software or hardware that has suspicions that the device or software might be violating their privacy to send a privacy tip-off to him. While privacy conscious users of Wacom drawing tablets may need to go back to the proverbial drawing board to decide what drawing software and hardware to use in light of this revelation, it\u2019s the thought of people deciding this is normal that gives me pause. How many of Wacom\u2019s users will hear this news and decide a log of every app they use is an acceptable trade off for using a drawing tablet which they\u2019ve already paid for? Companies need to care about privacy from the ground up \u2013 and the more noise we as users can make in opposition of such anti-privacy actions, the more likely that is to come to fruition. It\u2019s a long road, but we\u2019ll get there.<\/p>\n

Featured image by David Revoy<\/a> shared via CC By 4.0 Licenese<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wacom drawing tablets have a dirty little secret \u2013 they are likely tracking the name and time of every app you\u2019re opening \u2013 and sending that information to Google. The discovery and damning of Wacom\u2019s anti-privacy actions are thanks to one observant Wacom drawing tablet user: Robert Heaton. 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