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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 Runaway1956 on Tuesday February 25 2014, @01:55AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 25 2014, @01:55AM (#6323) Journal

    That IS my solution most of the time. Sometimes, you don't have a lot of options, but I still make my voice heard.

    A couple decades ago, I walked into the electric cooperative's office, and filled out the paperwork to have electricity turned on in my name. Among the forms that they wanted filled out, was a half-sheet of paper, with a statement, "I agree never to install a generator on my property." Or words to that effect.

    I scrawled across that paper, "I can't agree to this, because I would then have to sell my truck which has a GENERATOR instead of an ALTERNATOR in it. I could also never own a diesel powered welder."

    You're right - just don't agree to the terms.