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These terms should be null and void. You cannot give informed consent as you have no clue what could happen in the future. Consent should be given on a case by

These terms should be null and void. You cannot give informed consent as you have no clue what could happen in the future. Consent should be given on a case by case basis. Also, not hidden in 100 pages long EULAs that you have to agree to in block in order to do anything. There cannot be informed consent with coercion and deception either. Personal data are as private as medical records.

jeroenhd 3y ago
This is why the GDPR demands explicit consent in many cases (even though many companies don't follow the law, unfortunately). The EULA is not a defence for a lot of data sharing anymore. In my opinion, the USA deserves a similar law to protect its citizens from this type of crap. Unfortunately, privacy protection doesn't seem to be a very popular topic in American politics.
_heimdall 3y ago
> You cannot give informed consent as you have no clue what could happen in the future That view would completely void any possibility of giving consent to anything, ever. The same logic could be used after the fact to sue your doctors for example. "Sure I signed something, but that couldn't have been informed consent when I didn't yet know that the operation was going to go poorly."