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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: 2, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday February 24 2014, @08:01PM
I'll bet you where this is all going - we'll probably see emergence of debtors' prisons with in the U.S. in another twenty years. And you bet your asses you'll be working that debt off, being paid at a rate so low that not even Chinese labor could compete with yours.
Too lazy to read the actual terms of service but I suspect that there are ways around it. If you can get the service without installing the app, then don't install the app and instead do your online banking through the mobile browser. Alternately, tell them you don't have a phone. Assuming you aren't trying to gain anything super-important (big loans/mortgages etc.), you could lie about your information and say that you "just moved," give a spam e-mail address, and for fuck's sake do not ever reveal your employer. Finally, if they send somebody to your door to enlighten you about a new service or a late payment, scream "rape!" and kick their guts in after a tazing or perhaps a heapin' helpin' of pepper-spray.
(Score: 4, Informative) by song-of-the-pogo on Monday February 24 2014, @08:43PM
In fact [wikipedia.org], they're [cbsnews.com] already [salon.com] here [thinkprogress.org].
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