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I don't see how a popup that asks for permission in clear and simple terms is dubious at all. I don't want to have to print out the terms and conditions, get them notarized with my signature on them, and snailmail them back to the company when I want to use an app's features in the future, but if explicitly consenting to a popup isn't good enough then I fear that's the path we'd be headed down.


> if explicitly consenting to a popup isn't good enough then I fear that's the path we'd be headed down.

If the pop-up does not adequately convey the consequences of agreeing, it cannot reasonably be considered a form of consent.


If someone sells me a car, and I paint it pink, and they're mad after the fact because they hate pink, did I fail to adequately convey the consequences of their agreeing to sell me the car? I don't think so; they agreed to sell me the car and that should be enough.


I fail to see how your analogy maps to the current situation.


Someone sold a car and it was used in an unexpected way. People agreed to give Facebook data and it was used in unexpected ways.




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