On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > Anyone who uses Skype has consented to the >> company reading everything they write. > > As it happens, I'm currently reviewing an intriguing book ("Boilerplate") that > addresses all kinds of issues around "agreements" and consent. Particularly > for > those of us who joined Skype before MS bought it, and therefore "agreed" to a > very different set of rules ... In the US, they call those "Material Adverse Change" (MACs).
Its a bitch we have to accept those adverse changes just to get bug fixes and security patches for defective products. It seems like illegal tying to me, and I wonder why the FTC has not stepped in. In the US, politicians are bought and sold like trading cards, so I don't expect it to change anytime soon. Jeff _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
