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Re:Google’s 4k-Word Privacy Policy Is a History of the Internet by UweSchmidt on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @06:24PM (#20407232)
The simple idea of presenting users with a text like this is madness. You know I won't read it, you know most people couldn't process or understand it if they tried, you want consent and agreements through a popup in the browser yet you know damn well that it is not an agreement at all.

To anyone who does this, who presents complicated privacy guidelines, EULAs in all-caps, insane cookie opt-out checkboxes, please have a hard look in the mirror. Think of a real-world analogy for the kind of roadblocks and contraptions you are building, how you are misleading and exposing your fellow humans. Thanks.

Re:Google’s 4k-Word Privacy Policy Is a History of the Internet by jaflo on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @08:59PM (#20408162)
Isn't most of this because of legal reasons though? You can't really leave out a lot of the language without being more vulnerable in court.
Re:Google’s 4k-Word Privacy Policy Is a History of the Internet by saxonslav on Thursday July 11, 2019 @02:05PM (#20413844)
There should be a summary of all legal policies tbh