☑ I blindly accept… (T&Cs)
[ UUID ] 73b34fd7-2697-437f-bd96-884aae68408a
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[ Submitter's Name ] Shreevari SP [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] Resident of India [ Submitter's GitHub ] @shreevari
[ Other Facilitator 1's Name ] Madhurish Katta [ Other Facilitator 1's GitHub ] madhurish
What will happen in your session?
-We illustrate how companies can exploit user privacy by making them accept Terms & Conditions(T&Cs) using lightbeam(firefox add-on). -Visitors share their experience of such instances(if any) and log it in a book for others to refer. -Audience are engaged with an activity where they’re given clauses from a curated list of clauses from real T&Cs and they express whether it should have been mentioned outright or not. -We have a discussion about digital privacy and ways to curb exploitation. -Visitors try out our browser plug-in that filters out most important clauses from any T&C. -They can also contribute to the project on github.
What is the goal or outcome of your session?
-Create awareness about the risk of being exploited by blindly accepting Terms and Conditions(T&Cs). -Participants contribute via GitHub and enhance the data-set(for training) used by the browser plug-in built. -Create and spread awareness to bring about a change in something end-users have been taking for granted since the inception of technology. -Inspire developers to come up with more solutions like context classifiers. -We hope that people use our plug-in to make an informed choice instead of blindly accepting T&Cs
If your session requires additional materials or electronic equipment, please outline your needs.
A whiteboard with markers Post-it notes Projector and screen or a television display
Time needed
All weekend, as an installation, exhibit or drop-in session