“we’ve updated our privacy policy” starter pack

  • getting innocent looking emails at nighttime
    screenshots of emails(only header shown, with statusbar showing 9pm) from reddit and discord
  • only lists ways in which they violate your privacy, legally
  • gigantic walls of text without a way to see before-after
    screenshots of privacy policy from docusign and tumblr
  • always about using data to sell, or rain AI
    screenshots of news articles of reddit selling data to Google; tumblr, docusign, and discord to use data to train AI models.
  • Vilian@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    i havd that innocent looking email from discord in my inbox right now lol

    • lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.deOP
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      7 months ago

      i don’t even use discord but still get those emails every year(I think someone accidentally made an account with my mail). it’s crazy that these companies update their privacy policies every year, refining and adding more convoluted clauses.

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        7 months ago

        Lucky you! I have to use it, because that’s like the only platform where you can do a lot of stuff. But almost everything is implemented in a shitty way and I hate it. I wish Matrix (or Spacebar) became better and everyone started using them instead.