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posted by Dopefish on Monday February 24 2014, @09:00PM   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 1) by Ezber Bozmak on Monday February 24 2014, @11:42PM

    by Ezber Bozmak (764) on Monday February 24 2014, @11:42PM (#6282)

    So if I ever have to pay more in cash than someone else paid with a transponder, I would sue in federal court, over the bridge failing to honor the "legal tender for all debts public and private" that is written on all American banknotes.

    You'd lose. There is no reason they can't offer a discount for a particular form of payment - the debt is the whole amount. You aren't getting a surcharge for paying cash, they are getting a discount for paying with a transponder.

  • (Score: 1) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday February 25 2014, @01:39AM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Tuesday February 25 2014, @01:39AM (#6320) Homepage Journal

    You can appeal anything where the trial judge can be reasonably said to have made a mistake.

    Just say "I object" to any damnfool thing. If the judge overrules your objection, then you can argue in your appeal that he should not have.

    If I file an appeal, even if there is never a hearing, the bridge authority would still have to answer my complaint. Should they fail to do so I would win by default.

    If the appeals court won't take my case, I'm not sure but maybe I could request an "En Banc" opinion, that is a hearing before all the judges of - in this case - the ninth circuit court of federal appeals in san francisco, and then the supreme court.

    Now if I lose in the end, the court might require me to pay the bridge authority's legal fees. I'm OK with that. Google for "uncollectable".

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