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Hahaha. You gave them permission when you agreed to their TOS. But you didn't read it, did you?
by DarronWyke 9y ago
Hahaha. You gave them permission when you agreed to their TOS. But you didn't read it, did you?
- kuschku 9y agoToS terms that aren’t either expected by the user, or explained in plain text without having to click through anything, are considered null and void in the EU. By that definition, this would be unallowed modification of the computer of the user, and fall under the various hacking acts. The more interesting thing is that this has also been rolled out to german government computers, which mostly used to use Firefox, but due to previous troubles with CliqZ and the Google Analytics in the addon menus, have already moved on to other browsers.
- DarronWyke 9y ago>ToS terms that aren’t either expected by the user, or explained in plain text without having to click through anything, are considered null and void in the EU. You mean like the TOS and EULA you agree to when you install the browser? That would qualify as "expected by the user" and "explained in plain text" both.
- kuschku 9y agoCorrect, those ToS and EULA are considered invalid, if they contain unexpected agreements, such as "your firstborn belongs to us", or "we can install whatever software we want on your system".
- DarronWyke 9y agoExcept they didn't install whatever software they want. They said they can install software to check metrics and more. Which is what this is.