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What do you agree on?

Hey. Admit, which of you ever read the user agreements or the policy of non-disclosure of user data when registering on different sites before clicking "I agree"? Well, yes, almost no one.
Yes, this is understandable - usually a person does not have a great desire to read a handful of dozens of pages of ingeniously written text teeming with all sorts of special terms and speeds, especially since the service itself is neither better nor worse.

And if we are so lazy to even read about what is written there, then what can we say about following the changes in these conditions for dishonest machinations and other things? But in vain, remember at least the scandals associated with changes in the conditions of using Facebook or an interesting attitude of QIP developers to the privacy of their clients.

So, today the Electronic Frontier Foundation launched a new project called TOSBack - a tracker for changes in terms of use and non-disclosure policies for the largest sites such as Amazon, Google, Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Apple - only 44 pieces.

“Some changes may be useful for people, but others are not ,” says EFF lawyer Fred Von Lohman. “But Internet users increasingly trust sites with almost all information about themselves, including photos, lists of friends, calendars, and even medical records. TOSBack is needed to help people keep track of these changes on sites they trust their personal information. ”

Sometimes changes in conditions of use are noticed, but, unfortunately, most often we do not even know what we agree to. It would be great if this tool can help users be aware of their rights (or, conversely, be aware of their absence).
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via Mashable

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/284424/


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