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Re:Feudal Security by dmix on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @02:46AM (#4869953)
How exactly could an email provider or bank legally prevent me from using another provider by holding back my information?

If I opted into using their service and agreed to their TOS that included them keeping my data. Then thats my fault.

But if they act maliciously, them having my data is hardly going to keep me from continuing to use their service.

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Re:Feudal Security by adityab on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @03:09AM (#4870002)
> If I opted into using their service and agreed to their TOS that included them keeping my data. Then thats my fault.

You forget that all service providers have these TOS. You don't have a choice.

> Them having my data is hardly going to keep me from continuing to use their service.

If you've been using a Gmail account for several years, good luck closing it if you don't want to lose future emails sent to that address.

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