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Reflection on End User License Agreement (EULA)

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For this week's assignment, a journal about the prompt below. I'm betting we all have lots of apps on our mobile devices, but how many of us actually read the terms and conditions or End User License Agreements (EULAs) we agree to?
Consider an article like this one, about odd clauses in EULAs: https://www(dot)makeuseof(dot)com/tag/10-ridiculous-eula-clauses-agreed/ and this one https://www(dot)pcworld(dot)com/article/474234/top_eula_gotchas_website_fine_print_hall_of_shame.html
Read also https://it(dot)cornell(dot)edu/security-and-policy/identify-risky-end-user-license-agreements-eulas -- a more educationally-focused lens on EULAs geared toward a university community and what you ought to pay attention to.
Consider what they link you to also, https://www(dot)cisa(dot)gov/uscert/security-publications/software-license-agreements-ignore-your-own-risk, about ways to protect yourself
Couple other, optional, articles that could be useful considering this topic:
https://www(dot)legalzoom(dot)com/articles/know-your-rights-when-social-media-companies-change-their-terms-of-service
*highly recommend* https://www(dot)washingtonpost(dot)com/technology/2022/05/31/abolish-privacy-policies/
This is part of a bigger series, We the Users, that might interest some of you: https://www(dot)washingtonpost(dot)com/technology/2022/05/12/we-the-users/?itid=lk_interstitial_manual_8
I would like you to address the following:
Look up / Find and read the EULAs for 3 apps you have and/or websites you use (terms of service/terms and conditions).
Reflect on:
Have you ever read these Terms of Service, EULAs, etc., for your apps and websites you visit before? Why/Why not?
What do you think of opt-in vs. opt-out practices for data collection, etc.? (I think it's super interesting how, in Europe, it's opt-in for that stuff and opt-out, say, in England, for organ donation, and it's kinda the opposite in the US in both those topics)
Anything surprising? Anything fishy in the ones you chose to read/review? Content/Language you don't understand? Anything in the links above that are red flags for you?
How does all of this impact your feeling on apps and sites you use and their data collection and other practices?
If you read the WaPo article above, are there any solutions that you think have particular merit? Why/Why not?
Other issues/concerns/ideas that come to you. Content from the last several weeks should be useful, including but not limited to Week 10.
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500 words minimum
As always, more is ok; less will result in reduced assignment credit
Aim to consider, or at least acknowledge, other viewpoints/perspectives
3+ sources
These can be a mix of course content and content from outside our course
I'd like at least 1 source to be from this class, outside of lecture slides and outside of the links in these directions.
References in APA style (See guidance from previous weeks)

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People must submit their data to internet-hosted platforms whenever they visit their websites. The purpose is to allow them to use the services of these websites, but submitting personal data comes with responsibility from both parties, which often necessitates an agreement. This is why sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Google have a prewritten End User License Agreement (EULA) for users to accept before they can use their services. However, the discussion about EULA is about the content and whether people read the terms and conditions. This essay presents my reflection on interacting with EULA, its content and whether I always read them.
I have never read the entire EULA content because of its bulk and my need to use the apps. The content of the EULA is often too long. Reading all of it will take someone at least a day, wasting time. I always read a paragraph or two and then agree to the terms anyway. However, I see no need to read them when we cannot do without the particular app (Fowler, 2022). For example, most smartphones use Google accounts to operate. One must have a google account and consent to the EULA to use their newly acquired mobile phones. It is unnecessary to read the EULA because one has to accept it anyway.
I prefer the opt-in data collection practice to opt-out, although the two do not have a big difference concerning the actual data collection process. In opt-in data collection practice, one signs up for what they want and leaves out what they do not want (Cabalquinto & Hutchins, 2020). This way, they receive marketing emails from the services they authorize. This is a better model than opt-out, where one get...
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