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on Monday February 24 2014, @09:00PM
from the don't-click-ok-to-accept-the-eula dept.
from the don't-click-ok-to-accept-the-eula dept.
andrew writes:
"Alternet.org reports recent updates to terms of conditions for Bank of Americas cell phone app and Capital Ones new credit card contract have given banks unsettling new abilities. These privileges include the authority to access to your phone microphone and camera or even showing up at your workplace and home unannounced at any time.
From the the article:
We're witnessing a new era of fascism, where corporations are creating intrusive and over-bearing terms and conditions that customers click to agree to without even reading.
As a result, corporations in America have acquired king-like power, while we're the poor serfs that must abide by their every rule or else."
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Remember Darwin; building a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.
(Score: 1) by r00t on Monday February 24 2014, @10:02PM
Require a tl;dr in ever TOS/EULA ?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by maxwell demon on Monday February 24 2014, @10:27PM
The universal TOS/EULA tl;dr: We may do everything, you may do almost nothing. We can even change the conditions whenever we want, while you can't.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 1) by No Respect on Monday February 24 2014, @11:23PM
That goes for more than just TOS/EULA. Where I live our apartment lease is about 20 pages long and, quite literally, the owner's/manager's responsibilities are all contained in one single short paragraph. Everything else is describing in minute detail what the tenant can and cannot do.
(Score: 1) by Ezber Bozmak on Monday February 24 2014, @11:48PM
The universal TOS/EULA tl;dr: We may do everything, you may do almost nothing. We can even change the conditions whenever we want, while you can't.
Yet another case where Russia has more equality than the US. [minyanville.com]
(Score: 1) by tangomargarine on Tuesday February 25 2014, @04:54PM
I just assume that they all say, "You agree to be our bitch in perpetuity. We will contact you at the appropriate time with instructions when to bend over."
I mean really, with "we can change these at any time," how can you read it any differently?
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"