{"id":5216,"date":"2017-07-23T12:24:24","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T12:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ftcguardian.com\/articles\/?p=5216"},"modified":"2017-07-23T12:24:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T12:24:24","slug":"thousands-agree-to-clean-port-a-potties-for-free-wi-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ftcguardian.com\/articles\/thousands-agree-to-clean-port-a-potties-for-free-wi-fi\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Agree to Clean Port-a-potties for Free\u00a0Wi-Fi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thousands obliviously agree to clean port-a-potties for free\u00a0Wi-Fi<\/h1>\n
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By\u00a0Rebecca Wilkin<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Public Wi-Fi provider Purple recently attempted to determine if anyone actually reads terms and conditions before hitting \u201cagree.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spoiler: they do not.<\/p>\n

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In a clever experiment, the UK-based company added a \u201ccommunity service clause\u201d to its existing privacy policy. The clause stated users would be required to complete 1,000 hours of community service that could include \u201ccleaning portable lavatories at local festivals and events,\u201d \u201ccleansing local parks of animal waste,\u201d \u201cproviding hugs to stray cats and dogs,\u201d \u201cmanually relieving sewer blockages,\u201d \u201cpainting snail shells to brighten up their existence\u201d and \u201cscraping chewing gum off the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n

In just two weeks, more than 22,000 people agreed to the terms, and only one individual, or 0.000045 percent of all Wi-Fi users, managed to spot the unusual clause.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t worry, we aren\u2019t going to round up these individuals and ask them to don their rubber gloves and repay the community debt,\u201d\u00a0Purple wrote\u00a0on its site. \u201cThe real reason behind our experiment is to highlight the lack of consumer awareness when signing up to use free Wi-Fi.\u201d<\/p>\n

Purple recently modified its privacy policy, cutting it down from 1,600 words to just 260.<\/p>\n

Read full article and learn more about Terms and Service here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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