Goodbye, firstborn children: This study shows how wordy terms of service hurt users<article>
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<p>It’s no secret that few people pay much attention to reading and understanding all the terms of service and privacy policies you come across online. Now a new study shows just how ridiculous and anti-consumer the lengthy agreements really are.</p><p>The new paper, titled “
The Biggest Lie on the Internet,” created a fake social networking site with suggestive and outrageous clauses in its Terms of Service (ToS). But surprise! Nearly everyone joined anyway, as first reported by
Ars Technica.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3094855/internet/goodbye-firstborn-children-this-study-shows-how-wordy-terms-of-service-hurt-users.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Goodbye, firstborn children: This study shows how wordy terms of service hurt users
