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No. To "opt" literally means "to make a choice". If the choice has been made for you, you are not "opted-in", you are in.
by larschdk 3y ago
No. To "opt" literally means "to make a choice". If the choice has been made for you, you are not "opted-in", you are in.
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- Y_Y 3y agoMaybe you could Newspeakify it into "co-opt-in"
- Obscurity4340 3y agoNo. Opt-out means you have to affirmatively make the choice to not be tracked or whtatever.
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- iamacyborg 3y agoThat’s being needlessly pedantic and being opted-in clearly details what has happened.
- JohnFen 3y agoI could not disagree more. You can't "opt-in" someone else because they're not opting in at all. I think this is an important and meaningful distinction that we should call out, particularly since we're seeing more companies being deceptive on this point and trying to trick people through this confusing language.
- iamacyborg 3y agoAnd yet the British data protection agency thinks you can via something called a soft opt-in.
- quickthrower2 3y agoA choice was still made.