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There is confusion about the terms “opt-in” and “opt-out” which companies have gladly exploited. See Google Fi recently with a disclosure stating that Google wi
by anon373839 3y ago
There is confusion about the terms “opt-in” and “opt-out” which companies have gladly exploited. See Google Fi recently with a disclosure stating that Google will “opt you in” to their customer data-selling policy.
- bee_rider 3y agoI think we shouldn’t describe this as a confusion or ambiguity or anything like that. “Opt you in” is simply a nonsense phrase. Opting in means to proactively agree to something. It is impossible to be opted into something. They are just lying, and you know they know they are doing something unethical, because they wouldn’t need to make up nonsense phrases otherwise.