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Re:My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveill... by alisonkisk on Thursday December 03, 2020 @11:18AM (#25290413)
The TOS is about what you can do, not what the company can do.
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Re:My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveill... by danarmak on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:22PM (#25291483)
"We'll do whatever we like, and you're not allowed to do anything, except as required by applicable law".
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Re:My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveill... by buckminster on Thursday December 03, 2020 @11:42AM (#25290798)
This is pedantically true, but the TOS are usually bundled with other agreements that purport to give the company permission to do things.
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