EFF Launches TOS Tracker · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Soulskill on Friday June 5, 2009 @11:50AM 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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The Original Series (Re:Symptom of the TV-Web) by StCredZero · 2009-06-05 19:13 · Score: 0, Redundant

"TV-Web?" TV was much *better* before the web! Why, in my youth, there was no Internet! We didn't even have computers! We only saw them on Star Trek! The *Original Series*! And you know what? We *liked it*!
(TOS was Usenet shorthand for The Original Series of Star Trek.)