tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post3972236429341986179..comments2024-01-24T20:01:37.600-05:00Comments on slight paranoia: Federal judge in Twitter/Wikileaks case rules that consumers read privacy policiesChristopher Soghoianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08950937382104783909noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post-47267037435661069892011-04-12T15:55:42.256-04:002011-04-12T15:55:42.256-04:00Chris wrote: The judge didn't buy this argume...Chris wrote: The judge didn't buy this argument at all -- but rather than focusing on the fact that two of the individuals are skilled security experts who obviously understand how IP addresses work, she instead based her decision on Twitter's privacy policy. <br /><br />I don't disagree at all with Chris's analysis of whether consumers read privacy policies. However, I don't see how we can decide cases based on the actual knowledge of individual users. So either we assume they accepted the website's stated rules or we find another set of rules elsewhere. <br /><br />If there isn't an applicable statute, then we find rules....where? Wish I had a better idea....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post-67407890764402984722011-04-01T01:42:38.374-04:002011-04-01T01:42:38.374-04:00Privacy harms are so rare relative to instances of...Privacy harms are so rare relative to instances of information being shared that users have little incentive to read privacy policies, and websites have little incentive to standardize or otherwise improve upon them. Media coverage of the Twitter subpoenas and of similar threats to privacy is precisely what's needed if privacy arrangements are to evolve.Ryan Radiahttp://Techliberation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post-11611811495308480922011-03-30T20:07:39.337-04:002011-03-30T20:07:39.337-04:00I am curious to know whether
1. the judge has a T...I am curious to know whether <br />1. the judge has a Twitter account<br />2. Whether she read the ToS and PP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post-14684318819126062302011-03-15T14:56:02.036-04:002011-03-15T14:56:02.036-04:00The lawyers turn out drivel which is literally inc...The lawyers turn out drivel which is literally incomprehensible -- even to themselves. This generates enormous, fee-producing lawsuits. Now that's something every lawyer can understand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post-10678290061748701072011-03-11T21:16:30.273-05:002011-03-11T21:16:30.273-05:00Privacy policies are rarely ever policies in the s...Privacy policies are rarely ever policies in the sense of an offer to the user to make an agreement. They're simply legal disclaimers that mean something like, "we have no responsibility to protect your personal information, nor any other sort of obligation to you," which are meant to be pulled out in precisely this kind of legal context. Reasonable expectations of privacy should not be based on this cowardly defensive lawyering.Averyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097443949826910958noreply@blogger.com