Unless the tech you are being sold explicitly says that it’s going to spy on you and sell your data, it should be illegal to do so, and even if they tell you they spy, by law it should still be illegal UNLESS there’s at least one competitor selling the same type of product that does respect privacy rights. You should always have an option to keep your personal info private by law, no more of this bullshit where 3 corporations own everything and they all spy so there’s no way to get around it.
if we had a government who actually respected the constitution and our Bill of Rights in particular, they would not only refuse to partake in illegal mass surveillance, they would jail the corporate cunts who are involved in that sort of activity. Back in the 1990’s you could be arrested for an invasion of privacy, like if you posted up outside of somebody’s house in order to spy on them with binoculars, or if you used listening devices to spy on their conversations, there were “peeping tom” laws in place, it was considered harassment or stalking and not at all uncommon for people to be charged with those offenses.
Nowadays you’re being spied on from every angle, our Gov, the corporations and even foreign governments have access to the most private aspects of our personal lives, and somehow all of them are above the law so much so that they not only blatantly spy on us, they’ve turned it into a side gig for extra cash, sell the product everyone needs and make sure it is able to spy on the customer in some way so the illegally collected data can be sold later on.
Almost certain it's in their TOS somewhere hidden that when you use the product you waiver any rights to complain/sue them. I agree though, spyware should be entirely banned.
I'm fairly certain legally they must cease spying and delete all your data if you ask, the problem obviously being that asking is made to be nearly impossible and they only delete their copy and won't tell you who it was sold to. So you have to ask every single one in the world to remove it, which is impossible. And of course the obvious problem that they tie functionality to consent, so if you tell them off then it just won't run.
These laws however are why the government allows it, because it circumvents all the protections Americans might have against illegal searching all the way from that 4th Amendment. Sure they could do it anyway because whose gonna arrest them, but this allows them to do it completely legally and not give a shit. They win on technicality.
Unless the tech you are being sold explicitly says that it’s going to spy on you and sell your data, it should be illegal to do so, and even if they tell you they spy, by law it should still be illegal UNLESS there’s at least one competitor selling the same type of product that does respect privacy rights. You should always have an option to keep your personal info private by law, no more of this bullshit where 3 corporations own everything and they all spy so there’s no way to get around it.
if we had a government who actually respected the constitution and our Bill of Rights in particular, they would not only refuse to partake in illegal mass surveillance, they would jail the corporate cunts who are involved in that sort of activity. Back in the 1990’s you could be arrested for an invasion of privacy, like if you posted up outside of somebody’s house in order to spy on them with binoculars, or if you used listening devices to spy on their conversations, there were “peeping tom” laws in place, it was considered harassment or stalking and not at all uncommon for people to be charged with those offenses.
Nowadays you’re being spied on from every angle, our Gov, the corporations and even foreign governments have access to the most private aspects of our personal lives, and somehow all of them are above the law so much so that they not only blatantly spy on us, they’ve turned it into a side gig for extra cash, sell the product everyone needs and make sure it is able to spy on the customer in some way so the illegally collected data can be sold later on.
Almost certain it's in their TOS somewhere hidden that when you use the product you waiver any rights to complain/sue them. I agree though, spyware should be entirely banned.
Look at 23amdme. It was created NOT to sell your data. Then shareholders demanded selling data for shareholder profit. Nothing is safe.
Yep. And when they DO break some laws they'll have to pay like 1% of the money they made with everyone's data.
I'm always irritated everyone makes money off our data but us.
Does their TOS say anything about a box truck full of plant food arriving at their headquarters?
I'm fairly certain legally they must cease spying and delete all your data if you ask, the problem obviously being that asking is made to be nearly impossible and they only delete their copy and won't tell you who it was sold to. So you have to ask every single one in the world to remove it, which is impossible. And of course the obvious problem that they tie functionality to consent, so if you tell them off then it just won't run.
These laws however are why the government allows it, because it circumvents all the protections Americans might have against illegal searching all the way from that 4th Amendment. Sure they could do it anyway because whose gonna arrest them, but this allows them to do it completely legally and not give a shit. They win on technicality.