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Re:Photos of Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology by cmroanirgo on Saturday October 12, 2019 @02:09AM (#21230987)
People need to be able to say: "oops, undo this permission thing that I clicked OK to, as I now better understand the ramifications of what I clicked ... and I don't like it"
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Re:Photos of Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology by dwoozle on Saturday October 12, 2019 @02:24AM (#21231040)
So you should be able to do things like un-GPL code you’ve published?
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Re:Photos of Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology by Teever on Saturday October 12, 2019 @02:44AM (#21231105)
Do you think people should be able to undo other legal agreements like mortages?
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Re:Photos of Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology by ntlk on Saturday October 12, 2019 @04:28AM (#21231498)
You can cancel a mortgage within the first 14 days in the UK for this specific reason.
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Re:Photos of Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology by IanCal on Saturday October 12, 2019 @04:56AM (#21231602)
There's also a lot of rules to try and make sure the person really understands what it is they are signing up for, with mandated forms etc. And then as you say there's still a cooling off period.
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Re:Photos of Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology by scarejunba on Saturday October 12, 2019 @06:02AM (#21231859)
I wonder how everyone would react if Facebook did that with their biggest open source framework.
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Re:Photos of Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology by La1n on Saturday October 12, 2019 @08:09AM (#21232405)
Facebook is not "people", we can keep companies and individuals to different standards.
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Re:Photos of Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology by matheusmoreira on Saturday October 12, 2019 @08:46AM (#21232610)
Facebook employs lots of lawyers. They are well advised when they make decisions with legal implications.
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