Episode 29: ToS: Terms of Servitude

Jeff and JT discuss Terms of Service. Links INSTAGRAM https://hacked.com/instagrams-terms-of-use-update/ https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 https://archive.is/35dRD On the 17th: https://web.archive.org/web/20201219103609if_/https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 Other links: https://www.facebook.com/help/instagram/termsofuse https://archive.is/mFP9P https://help.instagram.com/252214974954612/ https://archive.is/2ZKKh https://twitter.com/bargainbeautyhb/status/1339679351881740290 So here's the update in the TOS: https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870/ "You can't use a domain name or URL in your username without our prior written consent." BargainBeautyHub Original tweet: https://twitter.com/bargainbeautyhb/status/1339679351881740290 Her Question: https://twitter.com/bargainbeautyhb/status/1340207534939009030 Facebooks reply: https://twitter.com/bargainbeautyhb/status/1340207534939009030 Herod Clause: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/15/i-read-all-the-small-print-on-the-internet “The biggest lie on the internet is ‘I have read and agree to the terms and conditions’,” says security expert Mikko Hyppönen. Setting out to prove his point, Hyppönen’s company F-Secure set up a free WiFi hotspot in the heart of London’s financial district in June 2014. Buried in the terms and conditions of the free network was a “Herod clause”: in exchange for the WiFi, “the recipient agreed to assign their first born child to us for the duration of eternity”. Patreon broke the law with updating TOS https://www.cernovich.com/patreon-lawsuit-owen-benjamin/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24001118 LinkedIn has the right to change your content. https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2014/05/13/worst-terms-of-service/index.html 2012 - Instagram could sell your photos -- they quickly reverted it. https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2014/05/13/worst-terms-of-service/3.html Sears - spying https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2014/05/13/worst-terms-of-service/4.html FTC stepped in: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2009/06/sears-settles-ftc-charges-regarding-tracking-software Twitpic https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2014/05/13/worst-terms-of-service/6.html Apple itunes https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html You also agree that you will not use these products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture, or production of nuclear, missile, or chemical or biological weapons.