Comment by ls65536
4 years ago
Of course they won't let you alter the terms of the agreement, but everyone always has the option (barring some sort of malicious state-enforced intervention) to walk away and divest themselves away from platforms and ecosystems that don't respect their privacy or otherwise act in ways they do not agree with. Or at least if it's going to take a long time to get there, one ought to start thinking about how to go about ensuring that escape hatch is available if their entire life's data depends on someone else continuing to provide them access to their "cloud" services based on potentially arbitrary rules and changing conditions they may never know about or be able to audit for themselves.
If there were enough people out there to stand up and make a difference by going somewhere else and hitting these companies where it hurts (stop giving them money and personal data to mine), then maybe it would start to make a difference.
I agree with the premise of what the parent is saying. How is it legal that you can enter into a contract that gives Apple a perpetual right to your private (Or your company’s) data, without clearly requiring you to consent, with a witness or notary, in plain and understandable terms at the point of purchase?
If your data is located in a cloud you might make the argument that Apple is the owner of the system. But if Apple is truly accessing data from your personal device or “server” without explicit authorization, it violates a whole host of computer crime laws.
> But if Apple is truly accessing data from your personal device or “server” without explicit authorization
If you're uploading the photos to iCloud Photos, you clearly have given authorisation to Apple - in the sense of accepting the iCloud T&Cs and saying yes to "store my photos in iCloud Photos" for them to access the data in those photos, else they wouldn't be able to upload them.
Easy. EULAs are not contracts.