22,000 people agree to clean portable toilets for not reading the terms and conditions of a Wi-Fi network - AS.com

2022-07-12 21:29:54 By : Ms. Selina Liu

Cleaning portable toilets at festivals (yes, the kind you wish you could get a little clean), giving stray cats and dogs hugs or unclogging pipes.That's what 22,000 users accepted by giving 'accept' as we do all the terms and conditions of a service to get a few minutes of free Wi-Fi.This masterpiece of deception has been the work of Purple, a Manchester company that is dedicated to providing Wi-Fi access for different companies and that introduced these clauses in the usual notice of terms and conditions that we all face by scrolling and clicking, effectively, that we accept anything.Do not be scared, Purple will not demand that these users do any of this, but they have used it to draw attention to how much we expose ourselves day after day on the Internet.The terms read this you see: "User may be required, at Purple's discretion, to perform 1,000 hours of community service. This may include the following:- Cleaning local parks of animal waste- Provide hugs to stray dogs and cats- Manually relieve sewer blockages- Cleaning portable toilets at festivals and local events- Paint snail shells to brighten up their existence- Scrape gum from the streetsOn his Purple blog he explains that "all users had the opportunity to point out the clause in question in exchange for a prize, as indicated, but only one individual, which is 0.000045% of all Wi-Fi users during two weeks. complete, managed to realize", they point out.Commenting on the results, Gavin Wheeldon, CEO of Purple, said: "Wi-Fi users need to read the terms when they sign up to access a network. What are they agreeing to, how much data are they sharing and what license are they giving to providers?" "Our experiment shows that it's all too easy to tick a box and go along with something unfair," he says.Purple is one of the companies that have adhered to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a European legislation that will come into force on May 25, 2018 and will require that the terms and conditions that we all go through are clearer and simple.To be able to comment you must be registered and logged in.Forgot password?This best-selling pan set is 28% off on Amazon Prime DayThe best selling sealing strip on Amazon that you can use in kitchens, bathrooms, doors and more