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Usman Ejaz
IQ Crew
Monday February 25, 2013 4:20:32 PM
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@hounhosp

Those terms of services are supposed to understandable in the first place but they arent. In my opinion whole legal system is twisted.

Kim Davis
Thinkernetter
Monday February 25, 2013 3:25:12 PM
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I find security questions frustrating, because they so often ask for information which could easily be found by googling (place of birth).  Of course, you could make up the answer, but then you need to remember you did so.

hounhosp
Thinkernetter
Monday February 25, 2013 3:11:57 PM
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@Usman,

"Even if they start giving summary, there is no guarantee that it will be more understandable for common people."

What makes you say that? There are ways to present information so that it can be accessible and understood by most people. 

Usman Ejaz
IQ Crew
Monday February 25, 2013 3:03:33 PM
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@shehzadi

Even if they start giving summary, there is no guarantee that it will be more understandable for common people.

Usman Ejaz
IQ Crew
Monday February 25, 2013 3:00:28 PM
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@Jason

You need a lawyer to understand the terms of services, even between lawers there is no single interpretation. How many softwares or websites you use? You cant call a lawer for aal of them. 

Jason Adams
IQ Crew
Monday February 25, 2013 2:17:54 PM
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@shehzadi, sounds like your typical disclaimer and or terms of service that needs to be agreed upon and or signed. Most of the time the developers and companies cover their tracks and the user just doesn't read those terms and simply agrees yet turns around and fights it if something comes up. Then again, I think there should be some laws that protect the users in that the developer and company need to make those terms more blunt than they normally do.

Jason Adams
IQ Crew
Monday February 25, 2013 2:16:04 PM
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@shehzadi, I agree there. At the same time, we all know that both the browser and the site play a role. In my opinion, I would think the browser is more important because it should be able to stop any malicious activities a website tries to throw out there, but not everything is perfect nor will it ever be.

shehzadi
IQ Crew
Monday February 25, 2013 12:27:54 PM
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Here I can suggest for the legal terms if they are in hundred of pages, there must be a summary for important points which should be covered before signing.  The person from the company and  customer both needs to sign it after understanding the knitty gritty so that if anything comes afterword the customer can claim that it was not covered. Their might be other options as well.

shehzadi
IQ Crew
Monday February 25, 2013 12:23:31 PM
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Jason agreed. The extra security options provided by the browsers /  website is actually the face cover so that they should not be blammed. They are to cover their base of providing a reason able security cover to stop critics from blamming them if they can develop strong security protocols it will be quite difficult for the consumers to even log on and end result is loss of clientage. So the websites are to keep a happy mix stopping both sides.

pcharles
IQ Crew
Monday February 25, 2013 12:21:06 PM
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Funny:

http://www.biggestlie.com/

 

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