How a digital rights project ranks tech firms and attempts to fix global failure
by Sam Thielman from Technology | The Guardian on (#SDJ7)
User agreements are written for regulators and lawyers but new database intends to help consumers make more informed choices to ensure data is protected
No one reads those interminable terms of service agreements on Instagram, WhatsApp and their like. But they could make the difference between life and death, according to Rebecca MacKinnon.
"It may be about whether you get tortured for what you wrote on Facebook or not, or whether you get tried based on some of the stuff you had in your text messages or something you uploaded. They're worth a lot to human beings," said MacKinnon, the leader of a new project that hopes to show people just what they are signing away when they blindly click "agree".
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