Re: [funsec] Skype with care – Microsoft is reading everything you write

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &
Hannah <rmslade () shaw ca> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com> 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
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