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EFF Launches TOS Tracker

Posted by Soulskill on from the by-reading-this-you-agree-to-do-what-i-want dept.

stoolpigeon writes with this quote from the EFF: "'Terms of Service' policies on websites define how Internet businesses interact with you and use your personal information. But most web users don't read these policies — or understand that the terms are constantly changing. To track these ever-evolving documents, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is launching TOSBack: a 'terms of service' tracker for Facebook, Google, eBay, and other major websites. ... The issue of terms-of-service changes — and how and why they are made — was highlighted earlier this year when Facebook modified its terms of use. Facebook users worried that the change gave the company the right to use members' content indefinitely. After a user revolt, Facebook announced that it would restore the former terms while it worked through the concerns users had raised."

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  1. Slashdot looks FUCKED UP in Camino by Gizzmonic · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Which one of you PERL jockeys went and changed a good thing? Damn dudes, I know you have to do something all day, but seriously...going back to the 2001 Slashdot design would be a good thing. Screw all this Web 2.0 horseshit!

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  2. Should be ToS by Jeff321 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    TOS = The Original Series; ToS = Terms of Service. Thank you for your time.

    1. Re:Should be ToS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You must be a baby boomer. Complaining about others' spelling and grammar, even though you people taught them with the wrong method. Whole word reading is for Egyptian or Chinese, not English. Phonics is the proper way, assholes.

      The original series would be tOS. TOS is the operating system for an Atart ST, Tramiel Operating System. The Tramiel clan went back in time and killed the real original Star Trek crew and made them change the acronym so the first letter was lower case. It was big news in 2083.