11-10-2024, 12:22 PM
This post was last modified 11-10-2024, 12:36 PM by UltraBudgie. 
(11-10-2024, 10:15 AM)Maxmars Wrote: And we, as users of the Internet, have we any say whatsoever?
You could push for "communications and data" being added to the 4th amendment, I suppose. That might close some legal loopholes. But that wouldn't prevent individuals from waiving those rights via contract, as you have done with websites, ISP, carriers, product manufacturers, etc.
I guess you can choose not to use products you find objectionably abusive. Voice of the marketplace and all that.
Current interpretation considers tear-open and click-unread acknowledgement as sufficient informed consent to form a legal agreement under contact law. Evidence enough of a meeting of the minds. As you say, so many don't know what is being done. Maybe try changing that. Good luck.
Edit: I am trying not to be cynical and say you can have all the say you want to say. If the say of a person closed up in a mineshaft a half mile under North Korea matters. Work with that image, and control what you can. Don't stress so much. It is a large beautiful universe beyond cell phones, spooks and marketers.
"I cannot give you what you deny yourself. Look for solutions from within." - Kai Opaka