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Re:Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout ... by mysterydip on Friday June 23, 2023 @07:49AM (#36445572)
> not only has Google given themselves the right to scan your documents

You agreed to it: "We may review content to determine whether it is illegal or violates our Program Policies, and we may remove or refuse to display content that we reasonably believe violates our policies or the law." https://www.google.com/drive/terms-of-service/?hl=en

Their list of policy violations is quite long: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/148505#zippy=

Re:Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout ... by JKCalhoun on Friday June 23, 2023 @08:16AM (#36445796)
I love this Brazil-world (the film) we have created for ourselves.
Re:Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout ... by B1FF_PSUVM on Friday June 23, 2023 @10:19AM (#36447160)
"Satyrical dystopia now documentary with life-pro tips"
Re:Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout ... by permo-w on Friday June 23, 2023 @08:14AM (#36445786)
yes that's why I phrased it as "given themselves the right". they don't need to put that in their content policy
Re:Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout ... by lotsofpulp on Friday June 23, 2023 @09:10AM (#36446356)
mysterydip’s point is that you gave google the right to do that to your document.
Re:Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout ... by withinboredom on Friday June 23, 2023 @09:52AM (#36446827)
Can you disagree with that and still use the product? So tell me how they didn't give themselves the power? If there was a true choice, then yes, the customer decided to give them that power.

You could argue that you could have not used the product in the first place, but for me (not the person you're replying to), the TOS was very different in 2006. I cannot simply just move to a different service. There was no true choice.

Further, if it is a corporate account, the user needs to make a living thus must choose to use the product or tell their employer they need to quit. There is no true choice.

Re:Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout ... by faangsticle on Friday June 23, 2023 @10:04AM (#36446974)
I highly recommend watching this: https://www.southparkstudios.com/video-clips/mqk1s7/south-pa...

Or more recently, the Black Mirror episode Joan is Awful

Re:Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout ... by tivert on Friday June 23, 2023 @10:21AM (#36447175)
>> not only has Google given themselves the right to scan your documents

> You agreed to it:

I highly doubt that: "clicking agree" and "agreeing" are two entirely separate things.

Literally no one has the time or ability to read, let alone agree, with the things they're forced to click through* in order to live in the modern world.

Therefore, Google gave themselves the right as the GP claimed.

* either literally by clicking through, or by opening up a box an using a product, or by having something like that silently and unilaterally amended, etc.

Re:Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout ... by jonhohle on Friday June 23, 2023 @10:56AM (#36447679)
I’m surprised that in 2023 click through agreements are still valid.

It’s amusing to start a new console game and have to agree to a 30 page wall of text. Wait, let me have my lawyer review this before I sit down to play single-player CoD (choose your own game from a mega-studio).