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  • RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    But why would they honor it in the first place? You have absolutely no way to check what they do with your data.

    So we’re just supposed to take their word for it?

    • arty@feddit.org
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      Would you also say that we have absolutely no way to confirm that Facebook managers know how addictive their apps are for children? I’m pretty sure that just a few years ago cynical people would say that. But only a couple of days ago this was proved in the court and Facebook lost the case.

      So yeah, I believe that taking the company’s word for it is generally a winning strategy, and that blatant violations are relatively rare. Here, MS has a lot to lose and not much to win.