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Re:Nobody reads privacy policies, senator wants lawmakers to... by Avicebron on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:36PM (#23565480)
Because people don't like the idea of "waiving their rights"
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Re:Nobody reads privacy policies, senator wants lawmakers to... by rurp on Thursday June 18, 2020 @05:00PM (#23567967)
Well sure, but if naming something more accurately causes people to reject it because it sounds really bad, I don't think the issue is with the naming.
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Re:Nobody reads privacy policies, senator wants lawmakers to... by Avicebron on Thursday June 18, 2020 @05:08PM (#23568061)
I fully agree and wasn't trying to justify the enforcement of long obtuse contracts that support the degradation of privacy.
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