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consenting adults are allowed to freely enter into agreements. I accept as a fact of modern life, that I unless I want to go be a hermit in the woods, I'll fin
by forgottenpass 10y ago
consenting adults are allowed to freely enter into agreements.
I accept as a fact of modern life, that I unless I want to go be a hermit in the woods, I'll find myself entering into many contracts of adhesion that go against my ideals. And that as much as I try to limit this (not using facebook or whatsapp) I can't actually escape them entirely.
It is disingenuous to think that either (a) people fully understand and knowingly make the agreements they do w/r/t data or (b) do so willingly.
To draw the conclusion that it's just adults freely consenting in light of the previous paragraph is sophistry.
- fauigerzigerk 10y agoI don't deny these issues at all. That's why I said regulating to make sure people understand what they agree to is fine. I also think people need to be able to change their mind. There are a lot of specific things that I think are unacceptable (such as employers or landlords demanding access to facebook accounts). As I said, I'm not against all regulation. But if most people are in fact fine with granting access to their personal data in exchange for services then peer pressure on the rest of us who refuse the deal cannot be justification enough to ban the entire business model. I'm in the same boat as you. I refuse to use Facebook.