They want to make it difficult for anyone to sue under the various federal privacy acts that are out there.
I would not ever agree to such a thing on my own PC, of course ... if I had to click on such to keep my business, I would go buy a $50 used PC from Goodwill to load it on.
I can only say, take a good hard look at England. The people with generations of hard courage laid right down and let their government turn the place into 1985, what's next, "Anthema?"
If you want to be really paranoid, I guarantee Google knows more about your online activities than the Gubmint. Plus, they actively use the data to enhance their bottom line.
My guess is that a developer working on cars.gov got lazy and grabbed some boilerplate legalese without reading it over closely. I've seen a lot more of that kind of stupidity since software development shifted to countries where people speak Engrish and/or lunch is spiced with curry.
That's crazy.
ReplyDeleteBureaucratic federal boilerplate.
ReplyDeleteThey want to make it difficult for anyone to sue under the various federal privacy acts that are out there.
I would not ever agree to such a thing on my own PC, of course ... if I had to click on such to keep my business, I would go buy a $50 used PC from Goodwill to load it on.
I can only say, take a good hard look at England. The people with generations of hard courage laid right down and let their government turn the place into 1985, what's next, "Anthema?"
ReplyDeleteThat's a standard boiler plate...
ReplyDeleteIf you want to be really paranoid, I guarantee Google knows more about your online activities than the Gubmint. Plus, they actively use the data to enhance their bottom line.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that a developer working on cars.gov got lazy and grabbed some boilerplate legalese without reading it over closely. I've seen a lot more of that kind of stupidity since software development shifted to countries where people speak Engrish and/or lunch is spiced with curry.
Who is John Galt?
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