Monday, May 7, 2018

I Agree - Reading the Website Usage Agreement

A French artist has made art of the User Agreements of some of the most popular social network sites.






The picture is from http://www.businessinsider.fr/dima-yarovinsky-imprime-conditions-utilisation-facebook-whatsapp-instagram-longues-et-impossibles-a-lire/

The one at the far right that simply says "I agree" isn't a real one.

The others are WhatsApp, Google, Tinder, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram (from left to right, green to purple). I'm shocked to see Facebook doesn't have the longest one, but I've heard some people say that it is so convoluted that many people if not all have never seen all of it. They tend to give up first. Most people probably do simply "Agree" to get on with it.

Clearly the government which protects people from contracts and products with similarly long fine-print documents should take a look at these and provide for some fundamental and simple protections for users of all Internet website services.

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