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Zuckerberg hits users with the hard truth: You agreed to this

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Re: Zuckerberg hits users with the hard truth: You agreed to this

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No user, even if they read the TOS, believed they were opting into perpetual call and SMS logging. It’s dark UX and the terrible Amdroid permissions system that tricked them into it.

Its not dark UX merely because you don't like it. Dark UX suggests a control designed to trick you into making a decision you would deliberate otherwise not make. I looked at their opt-in control and it is very clear that you have to opt-in. In other words, if you didn't want Facebook to have all your call and SMS data then why would you deliberately agree to give it to Facebook with their very obvious consent form?

> Dark UX suggests a control designed to trick you into making a decision you would deliberate otherwise not make.

Thats exactly what this is, Dark UX. No reasonable person would think that “text anyone on my phone” means “log all my calls and text messages in perpetuity” despite the deliberately obtuse (and light gray!) paragraph below.

It’s a trap.

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