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layout = "post"
title = "Consent is required"
email = "consent-required"
title = "Consent Is Required"
email = "consentrequired"
date = 2025-03-29
tags = ["off-topic", "ethics", "consent", "trust"]
draft = true
# summary = """"""
summary = """As I sit here trying to write this intro, I wonder how many more times someone
is going to remind me exactly how important consent is, or remind me how easy it
is to lose sight over how much influence any individual has over another."""
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As I sit here trying to write this intro, I wonder how many more times someone
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consent. This is bad, and collectively we should be embarrassed enough to do
something.
Opinions differ[^difficulty] on what exactly counts as consent. I'd venture to
guess it gets even more complicated when it comes to software. I'm sure that
contributes to why TOS are so unparseable by people required to agree to them,
that there's even a website dedicated to explaining common ones[^dislike]. What
does consent look like when it's software in between? If someone continues to
use the software, isn't that consent? No, it's not.
Opinions differ[^difficulty] on what exactly counts as consent.
[^difficulty]: Mine don't.
[^difficulty]: Mine don't; clearly communicated agreement with disclosure. It's
not hard, **consider the other human too!**
[^dislike]: It's [TOS;DR](https://tosdr.org/), which I elect to only link here
because I disagree with a number of it's conclusions and assertions. I still
applaud the attempt.
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