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Yesterday, i saw this post by 
I wasn't sure what they talked about, as nothing pop up on my display, so i was happy .
Until today .
As you see in the image above, the long arm of the policies reached my screen.
1 . Firstly:
In order to see the the Terms of Service for example, just right click on 'Terms of Service' and click open in new tab . And there you would be able to see it . Same goes for the Privacy Policy .
Or click this link for ToS and this link for the Privacy Policy.
If you want to bypass that, then, there is a way (one so far, that works for me) : If you have one or two tabs opened
already and you have the credentials saved in your browser, then on one of those tabs right-click on your account and open your profile in a new tab. There it should pop up the modal window to agree with their terms . Please keep that open, and while that is open, the already opened tabs that you had - will allow you to continue your work and do whatever without forcing you to agree with their ToS .
Bear in mind that you have to leave those 2 tabs open (so don't close them) and the third one as well (with the ToS) .
It works for me in ChromBrowser and Vivaldi . So try and experiment and see for yourself for the browser that you guys use .
Now, why would you bypass that? Below are few gems i read and extracted from their new policies .
So, what do they contain? Basically is a procedural update usually not bringing significant changes to how things work .
But i see something new here, today . That brings me to:
2 . What is it that it's fishy?
In the Use of Personal Information from above, from 4 topics only 1 is about the user and the platform. The rest of them is about the law, in accordance with the law or compliance - with the law of course .
Well if your privacy has to match with the long vampiric arm of the law, do you have any privacy at all >? And especially that we are talking about blockchain technology here; this supposed to be decentralized - apart from the governments, centralization and their crappy big-brothery laws .
So, you still have the right to privacy from now on? Probably not . Although is not mentioned, there's a lot of room left for interpretation there to dodge around with your privacy.
They do not share or SELL the personal information that we provide, but they do .
-Oh! I never lied to you Mary Jane, except for this, this and that. And that other time with your sister. But that was nothing . But other than that, i never ever lied to you . Hmm.. 😶 .
Yeah, it clearly says: we will disclose your personal data to affiliates, to force negotiate a business deal in their own personal best interest or to successfully complete a merger, or compliance with the very just - confident - highly impeccable and uncorrupt baton of the law . Yeay! World is so much safer now !
You only have certain rights .
Oh yeah. Too many rights will make anyone feel dizzy . So in your best interest, we only give you very little so that you feel amazing ;) .
Yes, you can delete your personal info if you want (you can try, but donno if Santa will agree hihi) . Yup, just send a request, and if they feel high and happy, they may accept your request to do so; otherwise they have the right to decline, because you accept their ToS, because otherwise you can't use the platform.
Uuh that is smooth as greek youghurt is i'm telling you :D .
Well, the image above shows you that you can no longer use absolutely anything anymore that is related to the steemit logo, without Explicit Permission - or how they name it: ''express written permission'' . Yeay, that's less colloquially right ;) . Also it says if you get a virus from their servers, it's not their problem, but yours :D ! That's some happy news .
To keep it short, the next image tells that if they go down the rabbit whole, you're f**ed and they can go away with it. Not their problem right ? I mean, it's not their business, their servers, their .. everything . Hmm..
Oke, in the above, if you die using Steemit.com , well it's on you ahahah. So don't die oke? Not that using steemit is highly risky :))) .
Anyway, there more gems if you read through, so take your time to see whether you agree or not with what's written, and therefore act accordingly .
Thank you for making it till the end .
And thank you for your upvotes and free beer !! hahaha!! Have a great night everyone :D !