Yes, I'm quite aware of that - I've yet to use an online service that didn't have that in their TOS. All of my photos are backed up independently of Flickr and I use IPTC to store descriptions and keywords with the file - they're not locked into Flickr.
Yahoo! has been very aggressive at policing their users for TOS violation - so much that I would not be comfortable creating a fake login there. I use fake logins all over the Internet, but not for a service that I literally spend hours a day using. Some people play WOW, I use Flickr. It's not the loss of my photos I'm worried about - it's the sudden involuntary removal from a community.
It's a trust thing. I held my nose when Flickr was bought by Yahoo! and held out hope a solution would be found that allowed the early adopters to continue using Flickr without a Yahoo! ID, but that didn't happen. Yahoo! as a brand is dead to me and a lot of people. It was painful, but making the decision to leave Flickr rather than get a Yahoo! ID was a no brainer.
Yahoo! Terms of Service are clear - supply any fake info on your Yahoo! Loging and you run the risk of having your Yahoo! and Flickr accounts deleted without warning.
Create a fake account at your own risk.
Then we have a case of rules and enforcement not following reality, along with almost no useful mechanism for enforcing the rules. Sure, it's a violation, but there's no way for your complaint to reach anyone who can do something about it, as evidenced by my ignorant call center staffer.
And the retail industry soundly ignores those rules. I can't tell you how many times I've shopped at local stores and national chains with signs at the door that a valid government issued ID is required to use a credit card. Here is SF it's primarily stores in the tourist zones, but even the larger electronics stores won't complete a purchase for a big-ticket item without checking your ID. When I managed Wolf and Ritz cameras, we were *required* to check IDs for credit card transactions and if the ID was even EXPIRED we had to decline the sale. Fraudulent card use was a daily fight.
It's also against the merchant agreement and illegal in some jurisdictions for merchants to have purchase minimums - same thing - no way at ALL to enforce it other than shopping somewhere else.
Not true about requiring ID to use a credit card. I thought the same thing and after I was carded for a $1.50 cup of coffee. I called my bank and asked the merchant carding me was a violation of their merchant agreement. The call center staffer seemed surprised I even asked and said a merchant could ask for ID for any dollar amount as a means of fraud protection.
And how you'll learn to love being in prison when your encrypted email catches someone in authority's attention and you refuse to decrypt the message and a judge throws you in the clink for contempt. Encryption is a false security, IMO.
Unfortunately, the reality of driving in California (and I suspect most other congested cities/areas) is that the minute there is enough space for another car to squeeze in front of you, they will. I've tried the 2 second rule, and it was a hilarious game of me constantly readjusting that distance as cars kept slipping in front of me.
I believe the upcoming Real ID Act addresses this practice. If the machine-readable part of your ID becomes unreadable, your license is legally invalid and you must get a new one. That means you could be cited for driving without a license or the bar could be cited for serving a patron who has no ID.
Slashdot Mirror
Yes, I'm quite aware of that - I've yet to use an online service that didn't have that in their TOS. All of my photos are backed up independently of Flickr and I use IPTC to store descriptions and keywords with the file - they're not locked into Flickr. Yahoo! has been very aggressive at policing their users for TOS violation - so much that I would not be comfortable creating a fake login there. I use fake logins all over the Internet, but not for a service that I literally spend hours a day using. Some people play WOW, I use Flickr. It's not the loss of my photos I'm worried about - it's the sudden involuntary removal from a community. It's a trust thing. I held my nose when Flickr was bought by Yahoo! and held out hope a solution would be found that allowed the early adopters to continue using Flickr without a Yahoo! ID, but that didn't happen. Yahoo! as a brand is dead to me and a lot of people. It was painful, but making the decision to leave Flickr rather than get a Yahoo! ID was a no brainer.
Yahoo! Terms of Service are clear - supply any fake info on your Yahoo! Loging and you run the risk of having your Yahoo! and Flickr accounts deleted without warning. Create a fake account at your own risk.
Then we have a case of rules and enforcement not following reality, along with almost no useful mechanism for enforcing the rules. Sure, it's a violation, but there's no way for your complaint to reach anyone who can do something about it, as evidenced by my ignorant call center staffer. And the retail industry soundly ignores those rules. I can't tell you how many times I've shopped at local stores and national chains with signs at the door that a valid government issued ID is required to use a credit card. Here is SF it's primarily stores in the tourist zones, but even the larger electronics stores won't complete a purchase for a big-ticket item without checking your ID. When I managed Wolf and Ritz cameras, we were *required* to check IDs for credit card transactions and if the ID was even EXPIRED we had to decline the sale. Fraudulent card use was a daily fight. It's also against the merchant agreement and illegal in some jurisdictions for merchants to have purchase minimums - same thing - no way at ALL to enforce it other than shopping somewhere else.
Not true about requiring ID to use a credit card. I thought the same thing and after I was carded for a $1.50 cup of coffee. I called my bank and asked the merchant carding me was a violation of their merchant agreement. The call center staffer seemed surprised I even asked and said a merchant could ask for ID for any dollar amount as a means of fraud protection.
And how you'll learn to love being in prison when your encrypted email catches someone in authority's attention and you refuse to decrypt the message and a judge throws you in the clink for contempt. Encryption is a false security, IMO.
Unfortunately, the reality of driving in California (and I suspect most other congested cities/areas) is that the minute there is enough space for another car to squeeze in front of you, they will. I've tried the 2 second rule, and it was a hilarious game of me constantly readjusting that distance as cars kept slipping in front of me.
I believe the upcoming Real ID Act addresses this practice. If the machine-readable part of your ID becomes unreadable, your license is legally invalid and you must get a new one. That means you could be cited for driving without a license or the bar could be cited for serving a patron who has no ID.