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Re:NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car ... by nradov on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @10:03PM (#35796836)
I am not a stalker, but that agreement is almost certainly unenforceable in civil court. It violates the basic principles of consideration and equity. There is extensive case law on those areas, which you might want to look into before wasting people's time making empty threats and bullshiting about subjects you clearly don't understand.
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Re:NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car ... by crhulls on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @10:35PM (#35797064)
We are a public company with an audit and risk committee, multiple in-house lawyers, and external counsel. This was heavily discussed.

Perhaps a court would limit the fine, but liquidated damages are a commonly used concept, and I don't think most people will tempt fate.

Aggressive stalkers will buy dedicated GPS devices - this is a real roadblock.

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Re:NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car ... by nradov on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @11:41PM (#35797641)
I don't believe you. I think you're either lying, or misunderstood what your external counsel told you. If you want us to take your claim seriously then post copies of their opinion letters.
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Re:NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car ... by neom on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @12:35AM (#35798048)
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car ... by sgtnoodle on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @11:57PM (#35797770)
> I don't think most people will tempt fate.

In so far as I would hope most people would avoid doing business with companies that mention $1 million dollar civil lawsuits in their terms of service.

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Re:NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car ... by 15155 on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @05:46AM (#35800152)
> I don't think most people will tempt fate.

You're right: they'll just use your far more well-established competitor without such ridiculous language.

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