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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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(Score: 1) by captain normal on Tuesday February 25 2014, @07:16AM
There are actually quite a few options. For me the answer was simple. A few years ago when Wells Fargo started to turn into Wachovia after buying them. I started looking at alternatives. I wound up joining a member owned Federal Credit Union. All the same services as the so-called "big banks" and none of the service charges. As a plus by pooling my money with others in my community we make loans where the interest stays in our local community.
When life isn't going right, go left.