Re:Facebook has been paying people to install a “Research” VPN
by Ninn on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @07:13AM
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No that is absurd, this is standard practice for almost all enterprise setups, as a central component in the deep packet inspection solutions used in network security. So the chance of it being illegal as the user has agreed to participate is absurd. The only thing that would make it so would be to lie about the functionality and intrusiveness.
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Re:Facebook has been paying people to install a “Research” VPN
by danesparza on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @08:38AM
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Remember that in the case of the Facebook VPN, they were asking teens to install it -- which means the teens involved (according to US law) are a protected class: under adult age. Under age folks can't legally agree to participate in anything.
Re:Facebook has been paying people to install a “Research” VPN
by salawat on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @12:09PM
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Keep in mind, just because everyone does it doesn't mean squat for is it legal or not. It means it hasn't been tested in the legal system, such that a judgement has been passed regarding legality.
If somehow, the practice were found to be a key part of circumventing some large industry's means of controlling something, it could realistically end up becoming illegal once subject to legal scrutiny.