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Precisely because it's so critical, it's a terribly efficient leverage over you, pretty much legalized extortion. Imagine you wake up one morning and your car h
by akomtu 6y ago
Precisely because it's so critical, it's a terribly efficient leverage over you, pretty much legalized extortion. Imagine you wake up one morning and your car happily announces that it's updated software overnight and from now on for your safety faceid is required to start the car and an always on driver facing camera will help you to stay focused on the road and arrive safely at your destination no matter where it is. Ah, also, by touching the door handle you agree to the new terms of service. The thing is you have an important appointment in 30 mins.
- unyttigfjelltol 6y agoThe FTC is considering rulemaking on 'dark patterns' being used to unfairly extract consent, and it wants to hear from you![1] [1] https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2021/04/lights-ftcs-dark-patterns-workshop https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2021/04/...
- Karsteski 6y agoWhat if that commenter doesn't live in the US..? I find the presumption aggravating
- pbronez 6y ago1) Y Combinator is based in the US, and HN is hosted in the US. While the non-US participants are welcome & valuable, It’s reasonable to assume a commenter is from the US unless they specify otherwise. 2) the statement is relevant regardless of your nationality. There’s only a couple big regulators for this kind of thing worldwide, so a movement by any of them is relevant regardless of whether or not you fall under their jurisdiction directly. GDPR is very meaningful to US tech folks, for example.