▲ 513 ▼ U.S. companies back Sam Altman’s World ID even as much of the world pushes back (restofworld.org) submitted 6 months ago by Deep@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world 54 comments fedilink hide all child comments The biometric ID project has been halted and investigated in multiple countries, but it recently partnered with Tinder, Zoom, and Docusign to verify users.
[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 190 points 6 months ago (3 children) Yeah, I'm not doing that. Go fuck yourselves. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 97 points 6 months ago (2 children) The problem is companies like docusign you might not have a choice not to use it, for a job for instance. This is pernicious, and will force us to hand over even more of our information, accepting a thousand page terms of service to do necessary tasks, with no government protection (none enforced even when there,) to any significant degree. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 months ago (1 child) In sane places, large terms of service are unenforceable due to the lack of reasonable expectation that they were read and understood. The USA is just a dystopic cesspool of anti-consumerism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago They’re unenforceable here too. The only part that is enforceable and insane is “binding arbitration” where you are forced to agree that you won’t sue the company in court but instead you are required to go through a private mediator that the company pays. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 97 points 6 months ago (2 children) The problem is companies like docusign you might not have a choice not to use it, for a job for instance. This is pernicious, and will force us to hand over even more of our information, accepting a thousand page terms of service to do necessary tasks, with no government protection (none enforced even when there,) to any significant degree. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 months ago (1 child) In sane places, large terms of service are unenforceable due to the lack of reasonable expectation that they were read and understood. The USA is just a dystopic cesspool of anti-consumerism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago They’re unenforceable here too. The only part that is enforceable and insane is “binding arbitration” where you are forced to agree that you won’t sue the company in court but instead you are required to go through a private mediator that the company pays. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 months ago (1 child) In sane places, large terms of service are unenforceable due to the lack of reasonable expectation that they were read and understood. The USA is just a dystopic cesspool of anti-consumerism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago They’re unenforceable here too. The only part that is enforceable and insane is “binding arbitration” where you are forced to agree that you won’t sue the company in court but instead you are required to go through a private mediator that the company pays. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago They’re unenforceable here too. The only part that is enforceable and insane is “binding arbitration” where you are forced to agree that you won’t sue the company in court but instead you are required to go through a private mediator that the company pays. permalink fedilink source parent