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on Monday February 24 2014, @05:00PM
from the don't-click-ok-to-accept-the-eula dept.
from the don't-click-ok-to-accept-the-eula dept.
andrew writes:
"Alternet.org reports recent updates to terms of conditions for Bank of Americas cell phone app and Capital Ones new credit card contract have given banks unsettling new abilities. These privileges include the authority to access to your phone microphone and camera or even showing up at your workplace and home unannounced at any time.
From the the article:
We're witnessing a new era of fascism, where corporations are creating intrusive and over-bearing terms and conditions that customers click to agree to without even reading.
As a result, corporations in America have acquired king-like power, while we're the poor serfs that must abide by their every rule or else."
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by maxwell demon on Monday February 24 2014, @05:15PM
Not everything they may write in their TOS is necessarily legal, and they certainly will not be able to enforce the illegal parts. The bad thing is, unless you're a lawyer, you cannot tell for sure where the legality ends (and I'm not even sure a lawyer could tell without first carefully checking the relevant laws).
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by jcd on Monday February 24 2014, @05:17PM
This is the problem. But in addition, they get to do what they want. Court can only try to remedy abuse of power, not really prevent it. Do first, apologize later is pretty much how these things operate.
"What good's an honest soldier if he can be ordered to behave like a terrorist?"
(Score: 1) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday February 25 2014, @03:52AM
-ornia, but they are perfectly legal.
That is, if your new employer requires a noncompete as a condition of your employment, they are actually free to do so.
It is completely up to you to figure out that that particular clause of the contract you just signed, is unenforceable.
If you should later go work for a competitor, your former employer won't sue you. They'll just drop a friendly dime to your new boss to point out your noncompete.
If your new boss does not already know about your noncompete, you've lost your job, you may never find out the real reason. "I'm sorry jim, but you are ten nanoseconds late to this morning's standup. Here's ten grand in hush money."
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