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To be fair, most of the time users' are consenting to this. If you disregard the opportunity to read the privacy policy and just click "I agree", you really can

To be fair, most of the time users' are consenting to this. If you disregard the opportunity to read the privacy policy and just click "I agree", you really can't be too surprised at what information you allow these apps to access. I'd suspect mostly every human on earth is in some database somewhere, and that will become a normal facet of life. Even the second you're born a record is made, as well as the rough time of your death (I'd admit we can't exactly epoch that just yet, but maybe soon we'll have that level of accuracy).

0x_rs 6y ago
Nowadays you need to accept an EULA even just to open a OEM-provided Calculator application. Most people will - justifiably or not - ignore their actual content for they are meaningless to them and have never caused direct harm to most. Were I to spend time reading all the privacy policies and similiar legalese documents, I wouldn't get work done and be left with uncertainty either way, since most policies often cover more legal grounds and scenarii than those relevant and pertaining at the time, for convenience, too. More awareness that your consent is often given for dubious practices would maybe help, but that is not where a "privacy revolution" would begin.
t0mas88 6y ago
At least Europe has made progress and prohibits the "it's in our 20 pages privacy statement" approach. The user must be explicitly informed and then provide consent. If it's unclear what you're consenting to, the consent isn't valid.
- aboringusername 6y ago
  https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement Yup. (Note: I went through an EU country in their region picker, went to sitemap and this is the URL I got).
  - t0mas88 6y ago
    You selected the US region according to the URL. But the point isn't that they can't have this privacy statement. The point is that it doesn't provide them the right to use your data.

0x_rs 6y ago

Nowadays you need to accept an EULA even just to open a OEM-provided Calculator application. Most people will - justifiably or not - ignore their actual content for they are meaningless to them and have never caused direct harm to most. Were I to spend time reading all the privacy policies and similiar legalese documents, I wouldn't get work done and be left with uncertainty either way, since most policies often cover more legal grounds and scenarii than those relevant and pertaining at the time, for convenience, too. More awareness that your consent is often given for dubious practices would maybe help, but that is not where a "privacy revolution" would begin.

t0mas88 6y ago

At least Europe has made progress and prohibits the "it's in our 20 pages privacy statement" approach. The user must be explicitly informed and then provide consent. If it's unclear what you're consenting to, the consent isn't valid.

aboringusername 6y ago
https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement Yup. (Note: I went through an EU country in their region picker, went to sitemap and this is the URL I got).
- t0mas88 6y ago
  You selected the US region according to the URL. But the point isn't that they can't have this privacy statement. The point is that it doesn't provide them the right to use your data.