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Re:Google releases smart watch for kids by taylorius on Thursday May 30, 2024 @03:33AM (#40521115)
I'm not going to say that consent doesn't exist - but it's sufficiently ill-defined as a concept that it is somewhat meaningless. What constitutes consent?

If I finally agree to something after being nagged interminably - have I consented, or have I just given in?

At the other end of the spectrum, if someone asks for something which doesn't particularly suit my purposes, but I agree to it as it seems fair enough - is that consent?

One situation seems like it is, the other one probably not. But where is the line? To me, consent seems like a vaguely letter-of-the-law, CYA type of word.

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Re:Google releases smart watch for kids by throwaway290 on Sunday June 02, 2024 @03:25AM (#40552122)
It's totally vague. Some decisions are considered okay for parents to make for their children without consent but others aren't.

I feel like as a teen I would consent to being tracked by my parents but that doesn't mean it would be a good idea. It all depends on intent and parent-child relationship in the first place (looking back I didn't have a great one :shrug:)

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