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Hey /pol/ take a look at this article.

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/06/google-facebook-apple-microsoft-and-even-more-tech-companies-caught-spying-for-the-us-nsa/

Now consider this. Is it really spying? It's basically the same thing as having a camera in a bar. If the owner of the bar wants to give the camera footage of the bar's attendants to the government that's his business. His bar, his camera, his business. It's basically what these companies do when you use their servers and programs. Their servers, their programs, their business. It's up to them what to do with that data really. You can always use a VPN, the equivalent of a "disguise".

You're using their services and programs and they're just keeping a record of your usage. They aren't REALLY invading your privacy since its basically the equivalent of being on camera in public. I think it's sillier to think you AREN'T being watched when you're essentially in somebody else' house. Am I wrong?
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bump
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You're right OP. I forget the case and I'm too lazy to look, but basically it was ruled that warrantless email searches aren't illegal because the user has no "reasonable expectation of privacy" in using other company's email servers.
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>>15266256

I wonder what possesses people to make all tripfags look bad.
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FUCK OFF SHILL
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>>15266256
well well well, if it isn't our chosen-tripfag
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>>15266405

But anon, YOU are the shill. You can't into logic.
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But to our knowledge they're being forced, or at least coerced into supplying this, not to mention no one, at least most regular people, have no expectation that all their information is being handed over to the government.
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Until there are cameras watching politicians and government agents at all times, available to the public upon request from a publicly accessible server, then it's spying.

When it's one group keeping an eye on another group without their knowledge, and without an ability to look back and see who is keeping an eye on them, it's spying.

There is no legitimate justification for governments to have any secrets of any sort. Intelligence agencies serve no useful purpose.
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>>15264602 (OP)
is there a difference between the company volunteering that information and the govt forcing that company to give up that information? I'd say there is a very large difference.
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I hope OP doesn't believe what he wrote.

>its not spying if I put a camera in the woman's changing room, they should have expected it
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>>15266519
>>15266516
>>15266502

finally some serious fucking replies.

I didn't look at it this way. Thanks.

How could they be forced though?

Does being told that sharing their information is "in their best interest" constitute being forced?
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here is the flaw in the argument. all the major companies explicitly state that your privacy is reasonably secured if used for lawful purposes. Ur use of their site (ie hotmail etc) is based on good faith to that policy. These companies know that if it was known they actively give out data, then the user base would collapse.

so basically:

>yes its their servers etc

>they trick you into giving info by attracting you to their service under false pretenses

>its not "up to them what they do with the data" as they stipulate what they can and cant do under the terms and conditions

>its blatant invasion of privacy, its blatant fraud
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>>15266232
Jesus christ fag by that logic we have no reasonable expectation of privacy to anything that goes through a phone company's switchboard; shut the fuck up with you dumbshit fascist cocksuckery.
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>>15266581
They're being forced by the govenment, who has the power to say "do as we say or we fine/arrest/disappear/kill you"
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>>15266519
government can force them, but there is very powerful methods of fighting back.
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>>15266581
>How could they be forced though?
subpoena that info.

I work in a bank and under the patriot act we are forced to check the govt database of possible terrorist, drug dealers etc, when issuing a check for non customers etc. if we do not the bank loses its FDIC insurance and can no longer operate, along with a bunch of other penalties. I have a feeling its the same with cellphone companies.
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>giving information to companies willfully then cry when they give it to the NSA

All you really have to do is read the terms of service.
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There is no difference whatsoever between a phone call and an email; both are private communications between individuals and subject to the protections of the 4th amendment.

Behead anyone who says otherwise.
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>>15266581

Whether it's forced or 'just' coerced, it's still unequivocally spying on people, and if they paid for the camera that is watching them, it's also fraud.

There are no good reasons for a government to have such an agency. Earnest transparency in government and business makes it impossible for a hostile conspiracy, foreign or domestic, to threaten us. Allowing governments or businesses to have any secrets can only make us less safe, never more safe.
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>>15266639
>>15266730
thanks for the bump you dumb shill. You have a mental disorder. Seek help.

>>15266658

You're trying to tell me the government would "disappear" or hurt a company as big as google or microsoft or apple?

>>15266584

im sure there are lines that say they can do this in the terms of service. people just never read it
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>>15266581
if a company chooses to volunteer that info he is telling its customer's "hey, i want to protect the country and you can disagree or agree with my reasons for sharing your basic info to the govt" if you disagree cancel your membership. if you agree keep it. Either way its in the power of the people.
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>>15266775
Go fuck yourself, fascist.
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>>15266798
>I have nothing better to say so I am going to shout fascist until I'm right
>liberals
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>>15266796

So they inform you before they use this technology to spy on you?

That is the only way you'd have a chance to cancel your membership to avoid it.
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>>15266502
>no one, at least most regular people, have no expectation that all their information is being handed over
[ ] I have read the terms of use (click here to see the terms of use).

[X] I have read the terms of use (click here to see the terms of use).
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>>15266715

Wouldn't some companies like Google or Microsoft just be too big to shut down though?

>>15266798
Why don't you learn? How many times do you have to be banned? Just follow the rules and stop shitposting. Grow up or get medical assistance for whatever mental illness you have because it's absolutely pathetic that you continue to shitpost in /pol/ after all this time.
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>>15266855
You're the one who has nothing to say. You pretend that we lose the right to privacy by hiring someone to carry our conversations for us when that has never been a legal principle except for spy agencies that violate the constitution on a regular basis.
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>>15266874

OP's point is it's not really spying. You're using someone else service. You're in "their house"
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>>15266775
>You're trying to tell me the government would "disappear" or hurt a company as big as google or microsoft or apple?
Yes. Microsoft has been collaborating with the NSA for a long time (see NSA signing key on Windows XP and later versions), but Google recently was forced to hand over user information they were initially unwilling to.
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>>15266956

Forced how? All google would have to do is get the billions of people that use it's services on it's side with a simple HEY THE US GOVT IS TRYING TO GET US TO GIVE AWAY INFO. SUPPORT US. Americans would support google in droves.
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>>15266890
>Wouldn't some companies like Google or Microsoft just be too big to shut down though?
It doesn't matter. its still extreme coercion through penalization of a company for not complying that is using force. you're clouding the issue. the govt used coercion or threats whatever you want to call it to get info the company would not normally have freely given.
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>>15266928
>we lose the right to privacy by hiring someone to carry our conversations
There is an expectation of privacy, this is why they explicitly say there will be none before you use their services, see >>15266878.

It's not even like a bar had a hidden camera, but if they told you about the camera every time before you entered the premises.
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>>15266874
yes its either directly in the open as the company admits that it chose to give its information to the govt to combat terrorism, or the media finds out it did. Either way the company did it willingly without force or coercion and we can choose whether or not to support said company.
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SLIPPERY SLOPE
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>>15266946

It's not really spying if they inform you about everyone who is seeing the images. If they're giving or selling that data to someone without your express permission, then it's spying.

So do they send you a letter to ask for your consent to allow the NSA to watch you?
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>>15267019

I don't think you realize how much money these companies have. I'm not clouding the issue. I honestly wouldn't be afraid of the government when half of their branches use my software, hardware etc, and 90% of the worlds home computers use my tech. I wouldn't even bat an eye. The fuck can they do? Taking me down would cripple them.
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Some people are claiming this PRISM business is a hoax. I don't really see how, though.

What does PRISM even stand for, anyway?
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>>15267047
Establish that this is in fact included in a TOS
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>>15267078

It's their data. Not yours. If you go into someone elses house and they have cameras all over the place, and you knew they had cameras, you have no right to get mad when that camera footage appears on the internet.
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>>15267008
I don't know. there was a thread here /pol/ not long ago. A judge who had first ruled it unconstitutional to force Google to do it, later changed her decision, then they had to comply.

If Google tried to do something like this, there would be nothing on the way of a legal monopoly on web search for Microsoft Bing.
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>>15267073

So if one buys one of these products, one is agreeing to being watched by any number of unknown third parties, at the whim of the service provider? This is the deal that one is making when they buy it?
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>>15267121
It is. Read them. When it isn't, maybe you do have a point, but I'm still to see one where there are no clauses about handing over information upon legal request.
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>>15267008
so a company is going to risk its livelihood because maybe the people would back it?

would Goldman Sachs or Chase risk its FDIC insurance by not following the patriot act?
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>>15266928
>You're the one who has nothing to say. You pretend that we lose the right to privacy by hiring someone to carry our conversations for us when that has never been a legal principle except for spy agencies that violate the constitution on a regular basis.

Don't be mad at the company for shady business practices. They have the right to do it as long as we are being informed. Be mad at the people who just accept everything they do and refuse to switch away from services that out right give away our conversations.

We don't lose privacy when we have to agree that they will give our conversations away before use.
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>>15267080
I'm sure Lehman Brothers thought the same thing. and lehman bros was one of the big 3.

You're assuming Google who caved to China and has caved again with the US will just buck the law and the patriot act IS THE LAW, just because it thinks MAYBE the people will back it.

are you high?
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>>15267158
yes.
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>>15267130

see;
>>15267158

This is made explicit in the terms of service? That you will be watched constantly and the footage given or sold to whoever the service provider feels like giving or selling it to? If you're signing up for that, then fine. If you aren't EXPLICITLY signing up for that, it's spying or fraud.
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>>15267169
I know sure as fuck it's not in my TOS
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>>15267265

This is explicit? People who sign up for these products are asked explicitly if they give permission for the footage to be given or sold to whoever the service provider wants to give or sell it to?
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>>15267275
>If you aren't EXPLICITLY signing up for that, it's spying or fraud.
it doesn't have to be explicit.
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>>15267341
what right do you have that the info you enter into the internet is private? I'm unaware of such a right guaranteed under the constitution.
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>>15267349

Yes it does. Since when was owning a camera an implicit agreement to hand over every picture you take with it to whoever the camera manufacturer compels you to?

If it's not explicit, then it's spying or fraud.
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>>15267275
>If you aren't EXPLICITLY signing up for that, it's spying or fraud.
>EXPLICITLY
Almost every TOS or privacy statement out there has some "we reserve ourselves the right to keep your data till the end of time and after" and "you understand we may be legally required to hand over your data to government agencies, who may then be free to do whatever with it". Facebook goes much beyond that, just read it.
Some others even jokingly include things like ownership of your soul, although these are not legally binding in most countries.
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>>15267382
It's called the 4th Amendment.
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>mfw people actually believe this.
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>>15267407
how are they getting the pics from your film? if you're using their service provide than its theirs unless they've otherwise said so in contract.
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>>15267382

The right to privacy in ones own home is guaranteed.

And even if it weren't, it would be a good idea to change the constitution to make it guaranteed.

If the contract stated up front and clearly that the products were being used to film you constantly and that information was given to unknown third parties without further notice, then it might be okay.
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>>15267487

If one were bringing the film in to be processed, would it be okay for that service to keep your film and sell it to third parties without asking for your permission first?
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>>15267382

I want to strangle you to death with my bare hands.
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>>15267080
I don't think you realize how much money these countries have.
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>>15267427
you're giving information freely on their product by your own free will.

its the exact same thing as if i own an airline nevermind TSA bullshit, if you ride my airplane you empty your pockets and open your luggage so i can peruse your shit if you want to get on my airplane. if you don't like it go to another airline.
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>>15267603

It's not really about money. It's about 90% of their government using MY technology. If it disappeared they'd be fucked.
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>>15267331
Google:
>We will share personal information with companies, organisations or individuals outside Google if we have a belief in good faith that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to:
>meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request.
>enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations.
>detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues.
>protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, our users or the public, as required or permitted by law.

tl; dr: Google can do whatever they want, but they'll try to be nice

Facebook:
>we may use the information we receive about you:
>as part of our efforts to keep Facebook products, services and integrations safe and secure;
>to protect Facebook's or others' rights or property;
>to measure or understand the effectiveness of ads you and others see, including to deliver relevant ads to you;
>for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research and service improvement.

tl; dr: lol we don't even have to be nice about it
>"data analysis, testing, research" is legalese for "whatever the fuck we want to"
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>>15267608

And they are then selling or giving it to third parties. I think it's reasonable to require your express permission before each discrete release of that information to any third party.

We haven't had this kind of technology before. This is the only way to keep those who provide it honest.
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>>15267558
calm down. I don't like it either. If there was actually a free market there would be a greater opportunity for competition in internet providers and you would have a better choice on which providers you could use. I would choose a provider that didn't keep all my info and sell it etc. but we live in corporatist America where the govt only allows so many players. You want to change things? remove the over regulation from the govt.
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>>15264602 (OP)

Faulty analogy, OP. The bar/patron relation assumes the bar owner has no institution pressuring him to record and it is a voluntary interaction.

The federal government is a threatening entity and companies know that not giving the government its way can lead to bad events. Audits and raids are a regular feature of companies that make a show of thumbing their nose at the government.

The government working through private companies by implied threats and subterfuge is just as immoral as the government obtaining the records on their own.
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>>15267679

fucking told 90% of the people in this thread.
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>>15267700
>it's reasonable to require your express permission before each discrete release of that information to any third party
Which you give in advance by agreeing to their terms, see >>15267679.
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>>15267550
good question. I would say yes. if you didn't explicitly demand protection in a contract with said company that your photos were only yours. if you just assumed they were yours that is your fault.
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>>15267725

the problem is these companies are already so big. What would happen if Microsoft jumped ship, moved to Sweden, and denied the US govt the ability to use their technology in response to the US govt trying to force them to relinquish information? The US Govt would crumble because 90% of it uses technology owned by Microsoft.
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>>15267764
>implying people actually read them in full and attempt to understand the implications of the text
>implying Rational Action theory is valid in practice
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>>15267679
This. You can choose not to use these sites. The fact that you have very little choice in the matter is a result of it being a new technology and the fact of over regulation. It sucks. but you don't have a god given right to the internet.
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>>15267550

I didn't think about it this way. It is kind of assumed they dont evern look at film thats being developed. Excellent point.
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>>15267785
No. If they offer a "film processing" service, it is reasonable to expect your data will not be kept by them. Unless there is a fucking huge checkbox in their door, and you check it.
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>>15267816
so because a company is pretty big its going to risk everything and break the law because maybe it can get some support from the people? why are you bitching about the company? bitch about the govt demanding the information. what the FUCK?
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>>15267764
>>15267817
*sorry
>implying Rational Choice theory is valid in practice
>implying the average person is a rational actor
>implying everyone operates within the same frame of information and values
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"Spying" is a poor choice of words on their part. I think it's kind of scummy. But it's not really by definition "spying"
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>/pol/ says corporations control the govt
>according to this thread the govt controls corporations

Make up your mind /pol/
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>>15267817
>2013
>not reading linked documents before checking checkboxes
>not reading contracts before signing them
>expecting them to be void
I shig the dig.
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>>15267971
>/pol/ is one person
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>>15267978
I don't shig it, many do. It's unfair to those that shig it.
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>OP

>Libertarian paradise
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>>15267870
>it is reasonable to expect your data will not be kept by them.
why? because you assume theyre not dicks? bad assumption dude. You chose to use that company's service. If you didn't say you can't keep a record of your photos etc, and they didn't say they wouldnt you have no case. If you don't like it get a lawyer write up a contract and ask the processing company to sign it. If they don't. you're shit out of luck. go to another film processing company that promises they won't. or process the film yourself.
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>>15267971
only leftists complain about corporations the power of corporations all comes from the govt, and the seizure of info from corporations comes from the govt.

libertarianism wins again
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>>15268056
Actually, most times it would be illegal for them to keep your information, unless you explicitly agreed upon it.
Just like if you pay someone to wash your car, and they wash it with fire, and it gets all burned, it would probably be wrong of them even though you both never agreed upon how should the car look like after washed.
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>>15267764

I'm saying that isn't enough. I don't think 'we can do whatever we want' is something that should be enshrined in a contract. And even if it somehow gets into a contract, I don't think that the courts should uphold such terms.
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>>15264602 (OP)
Yes, OP, it is spying. According to your logic, any time anyone tries to communicate in any way, the government should be allowed to listen, right? Is that what you believe? You don't own the Postal Service, the government does, so they should be allowed to read all your letters. You don't own the air or dirt in any public or private establishment, so the government should be able to watch you and listen to you there. If you don't own your own property, you shouldn't be surprised to find cameras and microphones in every room of your house or apartment, because it's not yours, right? Where do you draw the line?
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>>15268037
>2013
>not shigging the dig to the doo out of these things
shig
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>>15268120
The power of corporations comes from the centralisation of power. Without a government holding corporations back, a corporation will simply get there faster. But all governments become corrupt, usually via infiltration by corporation (and remember that a corporation will exist whether or not we give it that name, since it's just a group of people working together). It's a losing battle either way.
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>>15268172
>I don't think 'we can do whatever we want' is something that should be enshrined in a contract. And even if it somehow gets into a contract, I don't think that the courts should uphold such terms.
>I don't think that the courts should uphold such terms.

>I don't think that the courts should uphold such terms.
>which I said I had read and fully understood
>and which I knew
>and which I could have just not agreed upon

nigger
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>>15267971

Neither, it's both.
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>>15268186
>they should be allowed to read all your letters
>implying they don't
>implying this is not the point of a legal monopoly on mail
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>>15268154
>Just like if you pay someone to wash your car, and they wash it with fire, and it gets all burned, it would probably be wrong of them even though you both never agreed upon how should the car look like after washed.
any car washing company is going to have some kind of list of liabilities that they follow. if they break those liabilities like lighting your car on fire you can sue them. but if they just say "i'm gonna wash your car" and they wash it with acid. thats buyer beware.

You can't just assume honesty from a company. Its your job to protect yourself.
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Amendment IV
(Privacy of the Person and Possessions)
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
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>>15267349
Uuhh yes it does.
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>>15268246

So a contract which implicitly gets you to give up all your privacy should mean that you are without privacy for the rest of your life?

Remember, this doesn't even have to be explicit, even if you sign it without being aware that the implications are that you will have no privacy ever again, it is still binding.
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>>15268313
So I can agree to pay them with 3 dollars.
And then pay with a paper written "3 dollars", instead of "official" dollars? I did not specify US dollars. And I don't believe it is a trademark or anything.
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>>15268210
>Without a government holding corporations back, a corporation will simply get there faster.
what harm can a corporation do to me without the govt?

>But all governments become corrupt, usually via infiltration by corporation
now here is the important question. If the govt cannot regulate or influence a marketplace because its expressly forbidden from regulating or subsidizing etc an industry or market what is the point of lobbying the govt? how can a govt become corrupted by corporations if the govt has no power to protect or subsidize, bailout said corporation?
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The U. S. Constitution contains no express right to privacy. The Bill of Rights, however, reflects the concern of James Madison and other framers for protecting specific aspects of privacy, such as the privacy of beliefs (1st Amendment), privacy of the home against demands that it be used to house soldiers (3rd Amendment), privacy of the person and possessions as against unreasonable searches (4th Amendment), and the 5th Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination, which provides protection for the privacy of personal information. In addition, the Ninth Amendment states that the "enumeration of certain rights" in the Bill of Rights "shall not be construed to deny or disparage other rights retained by the people." The meaning of the Ninth Amendment is elusive, but some persons (including Justice Goldberg in his Griswold concurrence) have interpreted the Ninth Amendment as justification for broadly reading the Bill of Rights to protect privacy in ways not specifically provided in the first eight amendments.
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>Reasonable

>A standard for what is fair and appropriate under usual and ordinary circumstances; that which is according to reason; the way a rational and just person would have acted.
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>>15268414

>what harm can a corporation do to me without the govt?

If the courts were backing up absurd contracts like the ones discussed in this thread, then they could harm you quite easily.
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>>15268407
If you pay them with a piece of paper with three dollars theyre not going to provide the service for you.
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>>15268358
>So a contract which implicitly gets you to give up all your privacy should mean that you are without privacy for the rest of your life?
>implicitly
>we reserve ourselves the right to store any information you use on our services, till the end of time, and after that, and after, and to share it with any of our commercial partners
>implicit
How can you get any more explicit than this?
In every page there is also a notice "by using this you agree to our privacy policy [which you already agreed upon anyway]", so you get reminded every time.
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>>15268271
the point


your head
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>>15268475

So if they give my information to third parties, I should be given my money back?
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>>15264602 (OP)

WOW.

THAT MAN RESEMBLES A COMBINATION BETWEEN JASON BATEMAN, AND MATTHEW FOX.
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>>15268475
What about fake money? Am I expected not to pay with my Federal Reserve Note lookalikes?
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>>15268455
i don't see any absurd contracts? google and facebook were quite clear that they could share their information if they wanted to. the fact that you really like facebook and google doesn't mean you can get angry that theyre doing what was explicity stated in their contract. see >>15267679
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>>15268515

I want them to inform me before they release my information, telling me what of my information they are releasing and to whom. Otherwise it's a 'we get to do what we want' clause.

If this is what people are agreeing to anyway, as you say, then it makes no difference, they'd just agree every time they were contacted about the release of their information. If this is something people wouldn't agree to if they understood the true implications, then it shouldn't be hidden in a contract.
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>>15268592
you are expected to pay whatever the private company asks for its service.
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>>15264602 (OP)
>business giving government access to video of his business
>same as kinect showing government my living room
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>>15268541
I'm not sure what you're asking.

if you paid them and they didn't perform the service you asked of them, then yes you should get your money back.
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>>15268594

They aren't clear that they always share all of your information all the time, though. They just need to be explicit about it in the contract.

Sharing all of your information all the time is what you are agreeing to, correct? Then they should just say it.
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>>15268656
>I want them to inform me before they release my information, telling me what of my information they are releasing and to whom. Otherwise it's a 'we get to do what we want' clause.
And i want them to supply me with a a pretty asian woman to suck my dick. that doesn't mean its gonna happen. You chose to work with these people. if you didn't expressly forbid them from releasing your information you shouldn't have agreed to be a part of their private organization.
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>>15268656
>it's a 'we get to do what we want' clause
Yes, it is.

>something people wouldn't agree to if they understood the true implications, then it shouldn't be hidden in a contract
>hidden

>>15267679
>We will share personal information with companies, organisations or individuals outside Google if we have a belief in good faith that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary [...]
>we may use the information we receive about you: [...] for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research and service improvement.

>these clear "whatever the fuck we want" clauses
>hidden
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>>15268718

They defrauded me by releasing my private information without express permission.

What would be the downside to requiring the service provider to ask for express permission before each discrete release of information to a third party?

If this is what customers are agreeing to anyway, then they'd still agree when asked each time.
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>share the president's emails with everyone
>TREASON
>share my emails with everyone
>FREEDOMS

yeah no, this is not acceptable.
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>>15268758
>They aren't clear that they always share all of your information all the time, though. They just need to be explicit about it in the contract.
Yes, they are.
>Sharing all of your information all the time is what you are agreeing to, correct? Then they should just say it.
They do.

They say not "we will always, every single time, share every single thing you have on our services with the entire world", but "you do authorise us to, at our will, at any time, share every single thing you have on our services with anyone, up to the entire world".
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>>15268790

>And i want them to supply me with a a pretty asian woman to suck my dick. that doesn't mean its gonna happen. You chose to work with these people. if you didn't expressly forbid them from releasing your information you shouldn't have agreed to be a part of their private organization.

I don't even.

If you were asked before each discrete release of your information, where they inform you what of your information they are releasing, and to whom, would you agree to this every single time?

>>15268793

>>it's a 'we get to do what we want' clause
>Yes, it is.

>>something people wouldn't agree to if they understood the true implications, then it shouldn't be hidden in a contract
>>hidden

Then you think people would just agree to every request by the service provider for each discrete release of information?
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>>15264602 (OP)
get fucked bootlicker
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>>15268947

And I'm saying they should be required to ask before each discrete release of information.
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>>15268758
>They aren't clear that they always share all of your information all the time, though. They just need to be explicit about it in the contract.
i know theyre not clear. and that sucks. they are pretty explicit that they ARE going to share all your info as the one smart anon posted.

>Sharing all of your information all the time is what you are agreeing to, correct? Then they should just say it.
they pretty much do say it>>15267679

that doesn't mean i like it, and i wish i had an alternative that didn't do it. but american corporatism restricts competition and since its a new technology you're going to have few choices at some points in time. but you chose to be a member of these organizations so you have to follow their rules.
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>>15269006
>good goy. compromise. yess. give up your rights piece by piece...
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We use the websites under the assumption that "private" communications are, in fact, as their name implies, private.
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>>15268859
Facebook constantly shares information with advertisers. To a point it would be costly to their mail services to notify every single time it is done. Not to mention the information sold to third parties.
Google actually only does it upon legal request, or when contracting external data processing services, which are expected to keep your information to them.
Microsoft... read on the NSA key in Windows 2000 and onwards. They're not on your side at all.
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>>15269058

I don't see how owning my own life is giving up my rights.
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>>15268962
>If you were asked before each discrete release of your information, where they inform you what of your information they are releasing, and to whom, would you agree to this every single time?
no if they asked me "would you care if we released your information?" I would say yes I care, don't release my info
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>>15268962
>Then you think people would just agree to every request by the service provider for each discrete release of information?
They agree or not upon signing up. They don't have to agree with individual actions. They can simply not give them information they don't want them to have. The terms are clear that what users put there is almost public.
It's not a "I don't want this bank to know about my history of not paying things that can be seen in my "private" Facebook conversations" thing. It's all or nothing.
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That's actually true. Maybe this will make some people realize they shouldn't trust the cloud with their information.
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>>15269102

It does seem costly to do that, but that's the only way to make it okay.
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Is fedex (or the USPS) allowed to read my personal communications just because I have entrusted them with their storage and transport?

Obviously not. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated. This isnt some wishy washy proscription- it is the foundation of our republic.

And Obama trying to justify this constitutional excess by claiming the need for 100% security is laughably fascistic.
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>>15269233
>that's the only way to make it okay
Why do you use Facebook, then? If you want things to stay private, don't give them to a company that warns you they may share it with anyone at their own discretion.
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>>15269170

There are no companies you avoid for any reason?

There is no information about yourself you wouldn't want shared widely?

>>15269214

All or nothing shouldn't be acceptable. Contracts shouldn't include 'we get to do whatever we want' terms or clauses.
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>>15269271
fedex can do it. the govt cannot.
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>>15269271
>Is fedex (or the USPS) allowed to read my personal communications just because I have entrusted them with their storage and transport?
Did you tick that box in the form that said they can do it?
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>>15269295

I don't use Facebook.

Contracts that allow a company to do whatever they want shouldn't be recognised as legitimate.
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>>15264602 (OP)
By your reasoning your rights aren't really violated if someone hacks your email account. Obviously the government does not see things this way, and imprisons hackers right and left. What is illegal for individuals is supposed to be illegal for the government as well.
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>>15269306
>There are no companies you avoid for any reason?
of course there are companies that i avoid. i still avoid BP.
>There is no information about yourself you wouldn't want shared widely?
yes there is info i wouldn't want shared. but if i choose to voluntarily use a private service i don't expect them to not share my info. unless they have explicitly said they "will not share my info"
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>>15269306
>Contracts shouldn't include 'we get to do whatever we want' terms or clauses.
Why don't you just not agree with it? I'm not using Facebook or Windows because I am aware of their privacy policies. I don't mind they doing whatever they want to do with a service they could just not be providing at all.
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>>15269271
What are your personal effects here? "Your" bits of data stored in their hard drives? I think a better solution is to not use the cloud. This punishes the companies (lost revenue) and the government (lost data).

Look into this:

http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html

or something else.
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>>15269410

So if Facebook asked you if it was okay for them to give your private information to BP, would you agree to that? This is literally putting your dollars in BP's pocket, remember, it's just artfully hidden from you.

What am I asking? You did agree to that. Because you agreed to them doing whatever they want.
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>>15269428
exactly. I don't use facebook for these reasons along with them being lame as shit.

what was that photo internet company who said they could sell your photos if they wanted? I believe they backtracked. but the point was they put it into a contract. if its not in writing it doesn't exist.
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>>15269354
>Contracts that allow a company to do whatever they want shouldn't be recognised as legitimate.
>The State's cock should be between every two people making an agreement. No way that can go wrong.
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>>15269428

I think that people who are in contracts that turn out to be exploitative, such as those discussed in this thread, shouldn't feel obligated by them. I don't think a court should recognise contracts that allow one party to have control over the property of the other party in perpetuity.
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>>15269564

The state is allowing these contracts, the state is enforcing them.

Courts that weren't, ultimately, owned by corporations, wouldn't enforce contracts that allow corporations to exploit people in this way.

You sir, are the one sucking the states cock. You just put a corporation flavoured condom over it.
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>>15269569
>I don't think a court should recognise contracts that allow one party to have control over the property of the other party in perpetuity.
>contracts that allow one party to have control over the property of the other party in perpetuity
Wait, you... you think buying and selling things should be illegal?
So if a writer sells his rights of a book to a printing company, he should be able to take it back as he wills?
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There are a select amount of companies that complied. Don't do business with them ever again, if you're against it.
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>>15269485
>So if Facebook asked you if it was okay for them to give your private information to BP, would you agree to that? This is literally putting your dollars in BP's pocket, remember, it's just artfully hidden from you.
no i wouldn't agree to that. but they EXPLICITLY said they would sell/share whatever i put on their site to whomever. If I sign into facebook and decide i don't like BP and they supply my info to BP I can't complain.
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>>15269682
IIRC, Google only did it because it was required by a court order.
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>>15264602 (OP)
an airline can ask me to open my bags and look at the contents. if i refuse, the airline refuses to let me on to their airlines.
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>>15269662

If a writer signs a contract that means the printing company owns everything he writes from then on, then I'd say that contract is invalid.

>>15269693

You can complain. You should complain. Why wouldn't you?
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>>15269779
its part of the patriot act. obama forced them to comply under the law.
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>>15269569
>the information you share with us becomes a product, that we can sell as we will
>in exchange, we let you talk to your friends, share pictures, and do other stuff
>are you cool with this?
You can say yes or no. You are not being forced to do anything.
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>>15269846
>You can complain. You should complain. Why wouldn't you?
of course i can complain. and i do complain. i complain by NOT USING FACEBOOK. I don't have a constitutional right to use facebook.
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You have privacy in your affects. This means data you create.

Its not so fucking hard to understand you cock suckers.
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>>15269846
>the printing company owns everything he writes from then on
These terms are not legally binding. But you are not forced to share anything with Facebook, and you may stop and close your account at any time. They just keep what you shared until then.
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>>15269944
not when you enter that data into a private institution that doesn't say "we won't share that info"
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>>15269902
>>15269904

Would you agree that Facebook should reveal to the customers who they are giving the information to and what information they are giving, even if they aren't asking for express permission each time?
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>>15269964

That is how it is, I'm saying that this isn't legitimate. I agree that Facebook does, in fact, do this. And that the state backs them up.

People shouldn't feel obligated by contracts like that.
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>>15270096
>Would you agree that Facebook should reveal to the customers who they are giving the information to and what information they are giving, even if they aren't asking for express permission each time?
yes, but i don't expect it nor do I demand it.
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>>15270096
No. They "buy" this information from you, in exchange for letting you use their services "for free". Then they sell them to their customers, which pay for it, therefore can negotiate terms where their privacy is respected.

You are not the Facebook's customer, Facebook is yours.
Just like you can choose which brand of sugar you buy in the supermarket, and the supermarket does not reveal your name to sugar companies, Facebook's customers can choose which users they will be buying information of, and these users need not know anything.
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This entire thread:

>my right to privacy is important
>but if you abstract it away by one degree then by all means violate it

The majority of you deserve everything you're going to get
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Guys...

Why isn't Twitter on that list....
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>>15270214
>>15270315

Why wouldn't you simply demand better terms? How else would we ever get those terms? Just hope that Facebook becomes good?
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>>15270460
Stop using Facebook.
But this does not make sense, Facebook cannot profit without rights to your information.

Just like you can choose which brand of sugar you buy in the supermarket, and the supermarket does not reveal your name to sugar companies, Facebook's customers can choose which users they will be buying information of, and these users need not know anything in detail.
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>>15270373
Things shared on Twitter are fully public already.
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>>15270460
>Why wouldn't you simply demand better terms? How else would we ever get those terms? Just hope that Facebook becomes good?
How are you expecting me to demand better terms? are you asking for the govt to write legislation to say they won't share such info?

i'd rather have a govt that doesn't have the power to influence the market than a govt that has so much power to say it can influence your ability to BROWSE FACEBOOK

cmon dude.
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>>15270517

They can have the right to information, only they should be informing you what they are actually doing with it.

Put it this way, does their business model rely on the users being unaware of how, exactly, they use the information they gather from them? That is, if people knew who their information was being sold to, what information was actually being sold, and how much Facebook was making from selling it, would they still use Facebook?
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>>15270688
>88
>dubs
nice
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>>15270721
>Put it this way, does the supermarket's business model rely on the sugar-cane farmers being unaware of how, exactly, they use the sugar they purchase from them? That is, if farmers knew who their sugar was being sold to, how much of the sugar was actually being sold, and how much the supermarket was making from selling it, would they still sell sugar to that supermarket?
That's how you sound.
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>>15264602 (OP)
I don't expect my backpack to and jacket to be searched by CIA agents when I go to a concert and use the coat check.
When a website says that this page is Yours, that this chat is Private, etc, it should be. Then again, when has government ever played by the rules.
I would just fucking move into the wilderness, but Ive worked too hard to get where I am, life is comfortable. Frankly, Id rather violent revolution than secluding myself. I want to stay on the 'net
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>>15270909
>When a website says that this page is Yours, that this chat is Private, etc, it should be.
But they don't. Facebook explicitly says, on the bottom of their every page, that by using it you agree to their privacy policy, which states they can do anything with the information you put on their service.
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Is it too late? Can I delete my facebook or will it just be archived somehwere anyway? Am I that important?
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>>15271087
>Is it too late?
Yes.
>Can I delete my facebook or will it just be archived somehwere anyway?
Archived forever and ever, till the end of time and after it.
>Am I that important?
No.
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>>15271087
it's too late, but you're not "important" unless you use some super-important flag words or a copious amount of semi-important flag words

for example: don't use facebook to talk about drugs and DO NOT use facebook to talk about overthrowing the government
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>>15270853

They are two completely different kinds of transaction. Even then, I think sugar-cane farmers should be able to know how much their products are ultimately being sold for. That's the only way they can decide on a fair price.

Would the Facebook business model work if the users were kept informed of who their information was sold to, what information about them was being sold, and how much it was being sold for? Does it only work if the users are kept ignorant of what is being done, specifically, with their information?
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>>15271498
>Would the Facebook business model work if the users were kept informed of who their information was sold to, what information about them was being sold, and how much it was being sold for?
Do you want Facebook to be legally required to expose their customer's purchases?
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It's illegal for a cop to search my pockets and I feel that it should be the same for my computer/phone calls, especially in my own fucking house.
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>>15271554

Only to the users who provide the product in question. The users can do what they like with that information.

Are you saying their business model relies on misinforming the users?
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>>15271637

Not if you signed a contract with the pants manufacturer. Don't like it? Don't buy pants.
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>>15271701
>pockets
>pants
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>>15271087
this is the future you chose
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>>15271665
>Are you saying their business model relies on misinforming the users?
No. It relies on their customer's privacy, just like any other business. Would you like if the manufacturer was informed of every single purchase you made?
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>>15271179
no your not that important in the big picture.

but should you ever become important, say you become an outspoken dissident who gathers a following... they have enough shit on everyone in this nation to assassinate anyones character at a moments notice.
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>>15271796

How can you choose something if you're being lied to about your choices?
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>>15264602 (OP)
Yes, it is still spying, Mr. ZOGIDF
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>>15271818

Then it does rely on the users being misinformed. They're the same thing. If the users knew what Facebook did with the information they provide to them, then the business model wouldn't work, right?

How else could users know if they are being sufficiently compensated for the product they're selling to Facebook?
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>>15272168
Again, would you like if every purchase you made had its manufacturer notified? Why or why not? Would you still buy things if the manufacturer knew you personally bought them?
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>>15271961
No, no it isn't, Mr. Whiner.
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>>15272311

I would want to know who I'm buying from, and I'd assume the manufacturer would want to know who is buying from them as well. It is already fairly standard to register with a manufacturer, providing them with your information as part of a warranty thing.

I don't see how a manufacturer knowing I am one of their customers could be bad for me. Would it be bad for Facebook's customers?
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>>15272557
>I don't see how a manufacturer knowing I am one of their customers could be bad for me.
I, for one, don't want Shell and BP knowing every time I buy petrol (not that I buy petrol at all, but still).
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>>15272794

But you don't mind Shell or BP knowing every time you login to your Facebook? (not that you use Facebook, but still)
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>>15272937
Users are the providers of Facebook's main product. Usually, sellers don't get to know about what is done with their things, while buyers can choose between many brands and usually need to know something about them.
Facebook is no different than any other reselling model now.
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>>15266727
I was just thinking that. These are multi-billion dollar companies. Surely they would have a clause in the Terms of Service that NOBODY reads. It only makes sense, or else they would be subject to being sued.
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>>15273066

And Facebook's model wouldn't work if the users knew when their information was being sold, what information was being sold, and who it was being sold to? The model would breakdown if it wasn't kept secret from the users?

This is a simple question, yes or no.
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>>15273176
No. It wouldn't. If people don't mind "we can do whatever we want", surely they wouldn't mind if some specific companies were there.
It is just that many customers would stop buying from Facebook if they had no privacy.
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>>15273238

Privacy is only important in that one direction?

You say that the customers wouldn't be interested in buying this information if they had to inform the people they're buying it from of what they were doing. The business model then relies on users being unaware of who is receiving personal information about themselves.

I think the users interest in knowing who has access to their personal information is more important than the customers interest in buying this information surreptitiously.

Knowing Facebook has your information and might give it to people, as the terms of service currently imply, is very different from knowing that Facebook sells all of your information to third parties all the time, as the terms of service should explicitly inform you.

I really can't think of a legitimate reason why it would be in a companies interest to secretly gather information on people through Facebook. Why would they stop buying this information if people knew they were buying it?
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>>15274089
>Privacy is only important in that one direction?
Yes. Seller/provider privacy is not important. I should know about which genes Monsanto puts in the corn, Monsanto should not know how I eat my corn.
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>>15274089
>I really can't think of a legitimate reason why it would be in a companies interest to secretly gather information on people through Facebook.
A health insurance company might want to know about your eating habits. A bank might want to know if you usually pay loans.
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>>15274089
>why do you need privacy? are you doing something wrong?
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>>15274272

Does the fact that customers want to know information about users without those users knowing what they are doing not bother you? Or the fact that users would not use Facebook if they knew specifically what was being done with their information? The whole arrangement relies on keeping users misinformed about the nature of their agreements with Facebook.

And you should also know at the point of purchase which products are Monsanto. Everybody should know everything. Nine times out of ten, secrecy in or around organisations like, Monsanto, or Facebook, or the Federal Government, is just covering someone trying to get away with something that would ruin their reputation if it were widely known. We don't need secrecy like that.

Since they're really workers, Facebook users should form a union.
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>>15274335

Why would a health insurance company not want you to know they were collecting this information? What legitimate reason would there be for them to find this out about you without telling you that's what they were doing?

>>15274422

We're talking about the privacy to view another persons personal information without their knowledge. Does the peeper hiding in a tree outside your window have the right to privacy that prevents you from stopping them?
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>>15274600
>Does the fact that customers want to know information about users without those users knowing what they are doing not bother you?
No. People know it when they share their information, it is not a secret that Facebook shares them with "their commercial partners".
I just used Monsanto as a example. I should know how Apple makes iPhones, Apple should not know who I call.

>Since they're really workers, Facebook users should form a union.
Then let them form one when they realise they are workers.


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