How tech companies deceive you into giving up your data and privacy | Finn Myrstad

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🗓️ 31 October 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Have you ever actually read the terms and conditions for the apps you use? Finn Myrstad and his team at the Norwegian Consumer Council have, and it took them nearly a day and a half to read the terms of all the apps on an average phone. In a talk about the alarming ways tech companies deceive their users, Myrstad shares insights about the personal information you've agreed to let companies collect -- and how they use your data at a scale you could never imagine.

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0:00.0	This TED Talk features digital policy expert Finn Meershad, recorded live at TED Salon Samsung, 2018.
0:10.7	Do you remember when you were a child? You probably had a favorite toy that was a Constance companion, like Christopher Robin had Winnie DePoo, and your imagination fueled endless adventures?
0:23.6	What could be more innocent than that?
0:27.1	Well, let me introduce you to my friend Kayla.
0:32.9	Kayla was voted toy of the year in countries around the world.
0:36.0	She connects to the Internet and uses speech recognition technology
0:40.3	to answer your child's questions,
0:42.3	respond, just like a friend.
0:45.3	But the power doesn't lie with your child's imagination.
0:48.3	It actually lies with the company harvesting masses of personal information
0:53.3	while your family is innocently chatting away in the safety of their home.
0:58.9	A dangerously false sense of security.
1:02.8	This case sounded alarm bells from me,
1:05.9	as it is my job to protect consumers' rights in my country.
1:10.1	And with billions of devices such as cars, energy meters, and even vacuum cleaners, expected to come
1:17.0	online by 2020, we thought this was a case worth investigating further.
1:22.6	Because what was Kayla doing with all the interesting things she was learning?
1:27.2	Did she have another friend she was loyal to and shared her information with?
1:31.8	Yes, you guessed right. She did.
1:34.6	In order to play with Kayla, you need to download an app to access all her features.
1:40.6	Parents must consent to the terms being changed without notice.
1:45.0	The recordings of the child, her friends and family,
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