Correction: I mixed up my numbers for the location decimal places. The half an inch is actually the 7th decimal. The 6th decimal is is 4 inches (11cm), or the area of a deck of cards. Everything aside that is still true :)
The node setup to figure this out was really fun - I used to do an actual light source (like a real projector), but it looked too fuzzy for my taste, so it's an emission material mixed with the diffused material :)
@@rejectconveniencehuh. So you can't show your character walking in front of the screen 🤔 yeah it's probably good enough. But now I'm wondering if the fuzziness is a result of the renderer doing calculations too rough, or maybe you can put a lens material in the projector and fix it that way. I can totally see why a renderer might make the projection fuzzy, when you calculate a scattered light point you stochastically send rays, often but not always towards a light source/powerful nearby reflection. If this backwards scattered light doesn't reach the projector at the precise angle it should, you'd get pixels averaging out, and thus a blur
I find it so strange that we went from maybe 20 or so years ago telling kids stranger danger and be careful who you’re talking to online to “yeah just agree to Facebook’s privacy policies, it’s whatever everyone does it and you’ll need to for work anyways!”
They also used to say be careful what you put online because it'll be there forever. And now we rely on data hoarders to recover lost media every year. Funny what stuff we want to disappear we have to fight to get rid of and protect from being leaked vs the stuff we expected to last forever protected by the nature of the internet only for it to fade into the aether.
It is so nice to see someone speaking about privacy that isn't constantly calling me stupid. "Allowing complex things to be complex" is a great rule to live by on the internet these days
or even in general! there are so many situations that are more complex than what we commonly think about, because we've simplified it for convenience. like how someone can be both talented and a bad person, but people often want to categorize others into either "good" or "evil", so when it's revealed that, for instance, an artist has problematic views, people are quick to say "they were never talented in the first place" and "you aren't allowed enjoy their art anymore"
My problem with reading terms of policy, end user agreements, NDAs, Disclosures, etc. is that they don't give you a time to read and comprehend what the text it entails like for example; You're in a amusement ride and they give you a waiver to sign RIGHT NOW because there's people behind you waiting for their turn and for you to be able to use that ride is to sign that waiver, when that waiver actually says that they are not liable for any negligence in court or something like that.
The thing about that is in cases like that the waiver is mostly just to convince you not to try pressing legal charges because "may as well not, I already agreed to this", because (correct me if I'm wrong) that would be considered signing a contract under duress, which therefore completely voids it in the court of law.
this kind of thing is actually why i wanted nothing to do with tiktok. I think I wouldve been around 14. Everyone around me was starting to get an account there, but I'd heard some shady shit about them suppressing LGBT content, and decided I wanted a look at their privacy policy and such. I could not find either. As far as I could tell, the only way to access them was to make an account. Needless to say, I never joined the tiktok craze.
ya, because wdym “by being on this website and using any of our services ever made, you agree to our privacy policy” and you can only read the privacy policy ON or WITHIN their website
Most people don't realize that the contract you sign, the piece of paper is just proof of the agreement occuring, it does not speak about it's legitimacy at all. Just as if someone forced you to sign it with a gun to your head, stopping you from reading it and/or not explaining the terms properly makes the contract null, even if you sign it.
i know it’s not how it works, but i’d do coarse data anyway. even if i were to live in a rural area. that way, i’d make the glowies earn their payback 😉.
@@kaiparker1756 That's where it's kind of weird, when it comes to that final decimal place, it's safe to assume that's exactly where it is, since it's so close, but it isn't actually centered on you. It's an estimation. It's really hard to visualize that without it being very jarring (trust me, I tried), which is why I kept it centered, but that isn't totally how it works.
I really appreciate this video. I had a panic attack last year working in IT prompted by thinking about AI and privacy policies. The thing I found most frustrating in the moment was having trouble explaining my concerns without sounding like a maniac, especially in that distressed emotional state. This is a great resource for sharing. Thank you. Edit: I no longer work in IT.
“I don’t tend to trust folks who tell me how to feel, and that’s why I’m not gonna tell you how to feel. I respect your ability to judge a situation, when you’re provided all the context.” Ok I love you already. Time to binge the entire channel.
Purchases also contain a lot of very personal information. Like if I buy a sparkly top, you can infer that I will likely buy another sparkly top. But you could also probably tell something about my age, gender, maybe even where I live if it’s a tank top vs. long sleeve or especially if it has a local logo on it, like a sports team or college. All of that for all the purchases I make can tell you a lot about me.
Just buy things for other people if that's a problem for you You're buying enough women's clothing for the app to know you're a woman? Buy a tie for your dad, done.
@@3173_Delta this doesnt works, they can tell if it is purchased for you or for another person, example: a woman buys diapers on day 1 for the first time, this woman never bought anything related to babys before, and just buy the diapers again on day 55, so she proably bought it for someone else Read "The Power of Habit", it explains further how they take information from our purchases and uses it for we to purchase more, sometimes it scares me
@@jackofspades7852 I buy sparkly saddles with Boston Red Sox logos on them even though I am not a gay horse from New England. I do it just to spite them 😎
(this perspective is coming from the states) they probably wouldn't make laws for these issues, because the government works with data collectors on different apps/services and uses privacy policies (like the existing ties between the US government and META/facebook) so I unfortunately don't think there would be any laws made because the law and these matters are more connected than you would think :(
@@scumengelhey, we got the "as easy as it was to sign up, must be equally as easy to unsubscribe" law recently, so there might be a bit of hope for us.
This is how I approached privacy policies, it's really useful to remember a general list of things to look for so you don't need to read EVERYTHING from a giant wall of text.
This is actually very useful. If I ever make a game that requires a privacy policy, I'll try everything I can to keep this in mind and make a short version that uses this sort of visualization.
The fact that RUclips has highlighted "Human Centipad" as a link now in another bid to keep us all trapped on this damned site longer just makes this comment even worse.
@@conspiracypanda1200 it’s a new feature and it only shows for some users sometimes, which is funny, because I didn’t see anything in this case & since your name is “conspiracy panda”, it just makes you look tinfoil-hat-ish. 😅
This is awesome. And I see where you’re coming from on not wanting to give your specific opinion on any apps, but ultimately that’s what we need if this sort of thing is going to be exposed to general consumers. Like hell I’m pretty privacy oriented but it looks like too much effort for me. I would love to see these enforced food label-style across all platforms…
That’s why I framed it like this - people have been trying to summarize it the whole time, and it’s obviously not the right answer - for now. I can see a future where I could be standardized and digestible, but right now it’s random people’s opinions on documents that aren’t consistent about how they say each thing. As strange as it is, I think it’s actually easier to read it than it is to guess how someone summarized it. Effort is kind of the point of the tool, because I think it’s the solution to the problem. It’s complicated, though, and I totally see what you mean.
It would be cool if there was a linked database with user submitted ratings. It would require a bit of computing power but it would be enormously useful for quickly assessing an apps privacy policies for the privacy conscious. But I guess that might be a little too "convenient".😅
There is a website that sort of exists like that, but I really want to encourage people to actually read the policies - it's much more impactful (at least I think it is). I am working on getting the code I used on Github, so if someone wants to make a user submitted version, they are more than welcome to do so :)
Really inconvenient, but I can suggest a thing sort-of like this. There's an Android custom ROM, called /e/OS. Its built-in appstore has an automatic "privacy index", that is automatically computed from the app's amount of system permissions required to function properly. I find it pretty useful, and I believe it's a really handy tool for judging on a whim. Unfortunately there are no user-ratings in this category yet, tho that would be pretty cool
Yeah, I was thinking that and Im glad other people pointed out. OP said he wanted people to read for themselves, which is valid, but I reckon this user submission feature could be use to highlight things people usually have a problem with and maybe have some notes specifying the part of the policy so one can decide for themselves. I just find it wild that many of these things are just take it or leave it - you cant use the app unless you permit some pretty random things
Awesome video and awesome tool! Although you've just made me want to fully give up my smartphone even more by going over all the stuff encompassed by all these categories. Love the increased little animated elements and whatnot, the tossed tablet and phone cracked me up, and the location precision bit was fantastic. I was going to express concern over the missing plant that's usually over on the left, but the camera angle revealed it was just in a different spot off-camera most of the time. Whew! Appreciate your effort and mindfulness in all your videos and your work to try and share what you learn. Edit: I'd love to see a video with info about cookies!
the one time where something oddly specific you learn to do in school comes in handy (cherrypicking required info from text that you don't enjoy reading)
not only is the video well put together, i LOVE the presentation and the way you use a 3d model and a powerpoint type of way of presenting, idk if i make sense but essentially i love this video
@@danik0011It's referencing a South Park episode where Kyle agreed to the iTunes terms of services which allowed Apple to legally abduct him and make him part of a human centipede. Name of the episode is HumancentiPad
I appreciate your nuanced and complex take on complex issues! I get it man, i dont always wanna think about what im downloading or why, and i feel powerless even if i know this information bc the fuck am i gonna do, not use spotify bc they scan my heartbeat daily? However, not taking the convenience route and critically assessing your data and where its going means you can advocate for protections you didn't know you needed, which is a pretty good thing to be able to do. I hope you make more videos in the future and maintain this pragmatic approach to teaching and learning on your channel. Its very refreshing.
This is an amazing tool! I, too, fell for the same trap of assisting my family with these smart gadgets whilst neglecting the privacy policies of the companies behind them. This is such a wake-up call, thank you! 🙌
I recently received an E-Mail along the lines of "We have recorded freaky footage of you. Send is Bitcoin." And as someone without a Webcam, I of course complied right away!
yooooo i got the same spam for a while!!!!! every couple weeks id get another email saying they recorded me watching stuff that is just not my taste, personally 😂
I mean they probably could have recorded you when you left the house and went somewhere. Or recycled recordings taken of you by your friends or other involved people
I usually do not subscribe to a channel unless I've personally come back to their videos a few dozen times. The level of nuance and maturity you displayed in the first three minutes of this video alone earned my subscription. Thank you for letting complex things be complex!
Probably a rare good use for ai is to translate the legalese into actual human readable shorthand. Provide the consequences of signing up in an automatically translated, short, concise point.
@@ZackShark1Quality of a translation would be better, if an ai was trained for this particular reason. In addition, a lot of nuance is lost when *you* read it. At least if you’re not a specialist in that legal stuff, because it’s often written to be confusing for normal users. Were an ai trained on samples made by law people, I’d expect it to perform better than average
@@chair1319 an ai doesnt have a sense of importance, however. that isnt how generative ai like summaries work. there isnt a way to tell an ai that certain parts of legalese are important, but you as a human with discretion and judgement can at least get a sense for if a line of legalese is worth looking up to translate so you can understand it.
As someone who's also an artist and trying to get into an IT job as a cybersecurity student; it's scary how little people care and disregard their online privacy/security so nonchalantly. All consumer's should be more easily able to understand these rules instead of companies making it near impossible for most to understand their privacy policies.
Thank you for making this video, and the visualizer. I actually surprised myself with how many of the metrics I put as red. (Things I don't want to be collected, at least not behind my back buried deep into a privacy policy. It is something I feel like I should be asked about up front in clear text.) Though I do already kinda am considered to be very paranoid by the people around me.... so it's not that big of a surprise. (Btw, I tried filling it out to see what kind of information I would be concerned about, rather than filling it out based on a privacy policy I am reading. Though I think I'll try to use it next time I encounter one, as I want to get better at bothering to read through privacy policies.) The two I was the least concerned about was Identifiers, and Diagnostics. I work in tech, and I understand what these get used for. For example, the latter can be very helpful for fixing issues with the application. And the former is basically required whenever you have a database of users. Though to be fair, the usage of these may vary, so looking into the privacy policy to see what it is used for is still a good idea.
Just found this channel today, and watching this video gave me a stronger sense of peace I hadn't really felt in a long time. I kinda feel bad for not even thinking twice about a company's privacy policy, as it's usually a common gag just to scroll to the bottom, but I'm wanting to start looking into what they're collecting from now on. I am very appreciative of the time you took to make this, and I feel like life is gonna get a little safer for me. Keep up the good work.
Brave is also available on desktop and can link to your mobile version. Plus it's chromium, so chrome extensions can work on it, but the built-in features are all I need personally. There's even an option to limit the addictive traits of RUclips like your feed
Louis Rossman is gonna love this, we really need more people fighting for our right to privacy, and honestly, we shouldn't need this, yet, it's a sad fact of our semi dystopian reality.
Well done, brother. Definitely has me thinking about the apps that I use and what I am comfortable with these apps collecting and sharing. The cold reality is, we are a number to these big companies that easily sell us out for their monetary gain. Ironically, the homeless who do not use this tech have the least digital footprint.
I tend to always read the policies of services which I sign up to. I understand all the things they do and what they collect and especially in the case of terms and conditions it can be atrocious (in my perspective) like a video editing platform owning the rights to anything you create in it. A game engine owning the IP of whatever you create in it, which is wild. Companies forcing arbitration. And the worst part is I see this and have to go, “well I have to use this anyway so it’s not like it matters.” Because really, what choice do I have? Sure in some cases there are better options, but in other cases what am I to do? Quit a job because they require me to use a specific app which now has rights to my apartment? (Of course the final apartment thing is unlikely, but i wouldn’t be surprised if it was possible and legally binding)
I like that the GDPR recognises that not only will consumers be confused, they don't have time to read deliberately obfuscated terms and conditions and disallow platforms to force you to give away your rights to privacy in order to use a service. We need this to be universal, since in order to participate in society, we are forced daily to allow companies to endanger us.
as someone who generally has the mindset of "eh who cares" when shown privacy policies (mostly because i cannot comfortably read black text on white), this video was really nice and easy to understand! and the simplicity of the tool mixed with the new knowledge i now have does make me wanna go through my apps and review their policies, though it'd take me quite a while :]
this is a great video. I don't like it when companies take your information and aren't clear upfront about how they use it (which is most companies), so this arms me with more tools to find that out myself. Imo, one of the worst of this is Instagram. But up until now the privacy categories were confusing to me and I didn't know how to find more about it, so thanks for making this video that helped me learn a thing or two! I think another video specifically on browser cookies and how that works would be interesting too.
Thank you for visualing the decimal places for lat and long. I have tried looking into this before as a curiosity but couldn't, you made it crystal clear
_LOVE_ this tool! 💻👍 Just providing a list of terms to search for in a Privacy Agreement/ToS/EULA is a _HUGE_ win... even crazy people like me who actually _choose_ to read through these monstrous walls of legalese can benefit, because tech companies are fond of hiding their most egregious policies behind seemingly benign names & terminology. There's a reason they make these legal documents as impenetrable as possible, and any tools that help demystify these agreements for the average consumer are hugely beneficial. You're an absolute legend 👍
Apple certainly has a much more convenient snapshot of what types of data collections are to be expected, but it would make sense that the privacy policy should be visible and written in a user friendly way, rather than stumbling on dark patterns and neglect endorsing types of text walls every time you open a privacy policy. Good video!
very good video! i really like how much care you put into how you talk; you're articulate and you add apostrophes instead of using blanket statements (unlike, say, Mental Outlaw - a RUclipsr I like, but can't really share because of how he oversimplifies things, and thereby alienates general audiences). Shared with some friends! I saw this in my reccomended at 2.6k views so im subbing because jur gonna be big one day, i can tell. Postscript, I like the mii faces :3 edit: yeah! make that cookie video! would be aweosome!
Being a European citizen is such a great thing when it comes to privacy. It's the reason every website is basically obligated to use cookies. A small step but one at least. And also i heard that in the US companies make you pay to do stuff you'd get free cuz of EU
If it weren't for the videos going back 12 years on your channel, I would believe this is one of those channels big youtubers start for a video to see if going viral is luck. These high quality videos seriously came out of nowhere. Spectacular work chap.
I have a suggestion from fiddling with the tool: Allow for users to submit their own privacy visualizer "configs" when they use it, so you can get a quick "at a glance" look at what various programs/apps do with your data instead of needing to look through a privacy policy themselves. For example, people could upload their own configuration for "amazon" and by selecting it you could see an aggregate of what people considered "acceptable" data collection and "unacceptable" or "alarming" data collection. Maybe have it shown to the side of their own config so they can compare with what the majority of people say about a certain program/app.
While this certainly crossed my mind, there are a couple reasons I avoided doing this: 1. I think the problem at it's core is that people aren't reading these policies - Apple already does provide these categories, but like I mentioned in the video, it doesn't tell the whole story. Precise location, for example, can be a huge range, and it just is better described (usually) in the privacy policy with how precise they're getting. I want people to actually read the policy, I don't want them to see yet another summary. We've seen those pop up and fail to solve the problem over and over. And I'll be honest, this isn't going to solve it either - but it at least does something different, in that it's only useful if you're actually reading the policy. 2. If I started allowing user generated results, I'd have to start tracking usernames and cookies and I believe that goes against the entire point of this. I don't have any tracking anything with this tool. I can't even tell how many people have visited the page, because I wasn't willing to contribute to the problem while trying to solve it. I totally understand that it would be substantially more convenient to just look at a summary, but again - that's kind of the problem (in my opinion). I'm still working on getting the code I used to make this on GitHub (new process for me), so if someone want's to make that community-summary version, they're more than welcome to :)
I hope this sorta thing becones universally standard. Just like, a visual chart that gets attached to the agreement itself, curated and maintained by other users as these agreements change over time.. with like, bulletpoints mentioning specific concerns or other easily misconstrued wording or avenues for abuse of privacy and security, etc I'm sure there are already multiple subreddits tracking stuff like this anyway haha, but this is super helpful! Thank you!
Don't have something to say that hasn't already been said, great video. Juat here to say that please do make a video about cookies since i tried reading them once and didn't understand anything. Your way of explanation is my cup of tea
It was an entertaining video, especially the location part. The visualizer tool can certainly be helpful and along with this tool, there's a website named Terms of Service; Didn't Read. It summarises what data is collected. Using the visualizer along with the website might be a really good combo.
The problem is this: if some cool trendy app says "we require absolutely every single piece of information about you since your birth, including but not limited to: your email address, phone number, fingerprint data, constant location surveillance, other social media account data, and a sample of your voice", you can bet that 95% of people will click "agree" within a second because they do not care.
That is a totally fair point, which is why I was resistant to summarizing it for people. I made a video a while ago talking about the ultimate conclusion of what happens with this data (data breaches, so fun), but yeah. That was mostly why I wanted to do it differently. There are a thousand websites that summarize these things for you, and you know what hasn't changed? People still don't read them. At least this thing I made requires you to read it for it to be of any use at all. But yeah, even then, a lot of people just won't care - doesn't mean we shouldn't help those who might, though, and we can certainly advocate for the people who don't understand WHY they should care. They deserve just as much control over their privacy as anyone else.
@@rejectconvenience yeah the idea of making something as important as a privacy policy basically incomprehensible to the average person is scummy coming from most companies, so something like this will definitely be useful, but i think it will take a lot of effort to make people change their indifference to privacy violations and such lol
I feel like you just made up that percentage. Also I would guess a lot of people who do not care at all have simply never had all the data laid out infront of them.
@@hastyscorpion yes it's a made up percentage lol, that's why I said "you can bet". But I'd doubt that it's too different from that in reality. Also, no. Most of the people I know IRL know how much they are "spied" on. They have had ads appear on their phone which are related to things they talked out loud about, without ever having searched for that subject on the internet. They know their phone microphone is constantly turned on, and that that data is used to customize ads. Most of them say something along the lines of "huh, that's neat" and move on.
glad i clicked on this rando video, i switched to a flip phone 6 months ago and the only problem i've noticed is not having an algo to prevent spam messages. that should be totally possible, as well as other small upgrades like more customization features, but i feel like there's an intentional lack in these things, to make just buying a smart phone the more 'convenient' option, when really a flip phone should be more convenient, theoretically
I know that this has practically nothing to do with the video (fantastic video by the way) but I *love* the mii faces that are adjusted to show different emotions!! Very nostalgic
This is very cool tool for me to analyze TOS efficiently! A extension of this could be an algorithmic indexing that automatically searches and highlights important words, sentences or sections. An example on top of my head is Semantic Scholar, which analyzes some research paper and highlights lines that is important to background, method, results, etc. The automated indexing could also report detailed statistics, such as frequency of search terms
Hey you should definitely make a video on cookies. I think that would be a cool subject matter to look into. I only the basics of what cookies do, but your video style and explanation is very clear & concise.
That looks really helpful, the terms to help search for and a simple way to keep track of what you have already found is simple and practical. An elegant solución
As I'm watching this, I am required to record my face and driver license for the most useless of work-related courses, and they will hold it for two years. Great, thanks work, I love it.
@@Killer_Space_2726-GCP It's a bit of both. You can get away with avoiding a lot of it if you want to. I've been on the dumb phone for over 2 years now, and the things most people would consider "necessary" that I'd be missing out on hasn't really been an issue. But, there are some things that have become rather difficult, say, online banking. But, you figure out ways around those barriers pretty quickly when you've been doing it long enough!
I appreciate it :) I don't want to monetize this for a few reasons, but the biggest reason is as a poor kid, I really benefited from using free and open tools, and it only feels right to pass that along.
I wasn't really expecting the website to be so simple when I went there! I was kind of expecting a catalogue of overviews for documented websites' privacy policies and their documentation dates, with the colours representing the extent to which they collect, use and share each category of data, created by other users, some specific curators, or AI. Maybe also including an overview of the company's security practices and data-breach incidents
@@rejectconvenience Yeah, I guess I figured. I suppose it's just like... this tool only really helps people who care to read the whole policy anyway. And, that might be the point, but if you're already invested in reading it all, the visualiser itself doesn't seem like it adds much to the analysis unless you have ADD preventing you from keeping certain things in mind, or something... and not many people have ADD and want to go through privacy policies... I dunno. It probably does help for informing you about certain things and categorising them though
I think this would definitely help people willing to take time check this stuff out. Unfortunately, for most it seems best for them to just rely on their tech friend/family member for recommendations. I do think a video on cookies would be awesome in your style.
@@rejectconvenience Now that I think about it, this could be a good way to basically go over a privacy policy with a friend or family member for a service they use a lot.
@@Cyanide_SamplerI think people assume incorrectly that if you know a thing about tech, it’s because of magical intuition they can’t hope to get when actually I just was a lot more willing to dig around in settings for 3 hours looking for one thing So having a tool this straightforward to show other people feels like it would demystify the learning a bit
Have you considered consulting a lawyer to aid in this project? They are the ones writing these policies and contracts, so it could be beneficial to have them help your search for keywords and dumbing down the language for the layman
I think an in depth video about cookies would be helpful. I (and probably most average people) only have a vague understanding of it, but it’s relevant to everyone. Almost every time you go to a website now you get that popup about cookies, and most people click whatever button makes it quickly go away
What would be really cool is if there was a community tab where people can share the privacy grid for certain apps or Websites it could also have an upvote system to weed any trolls
I HIGHLY recommend that this be turned into a browser extension that flashes whenever a privacy policy comes up. There are some downsides to this but I think the entire point of this is lost when you have to consciously remind yourself to do this every time you stumble across the millions of privacy policies. The benefit is that you don't even need to be thinking about privacy to be reminded that it might be worth taking a look at. Without some automatic system (maybe even with a gamified counter for how many privacy policies you've read), I don't think too many people will stick to reading privacy policies just because of a video they watched. They'll probably agree with what you're saying but building a habit isn't so automatic.
I actually really like this idea - If done right, there wouldn't be a need for accounts or whatever, it could just be data stored in the browser. That way you could track them for each site, and if you come to a policy that has changed since you last read through it, it could flash too, saying "hey, this has changed since you last read it"... I'll post this idea in the forum, as my coding skills aren't that good lol. Thank you!
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Correction: I mixed up my numbers for the location decimal places. The half an inch is actually the 7th decimal. The 6th decimal is is 4 inches (11cm), or the area of a deck of cards. Everything aside that is still true :)
unwatchable 🤣
>channel is named reject convenience
>channel is convenient
You can’t win ‘em all
>channel is named reject convenience
>makes a convenient visualizer
Depends what convenience, if it's "don't think, be spoon fed" then this is not that
i was about to comment the same thing 😭😭
>reject convenience
>look inside
>convenience
Instructions unclear, I gave away the rights of my firstborn to Microsoft
You can't sue us because you signed an unread deal. Sorry, bud.
Just your firstborn? I gave them even my grandsons. Lucky you.
My family and our descendants are now resigned to work in a laptop chip factory for 200 years. I ticked the check box so it is what it is
Feature request for the visualizer: flag any mentions firstborn.
Well what DID you expect?
FINALLY an artist that knows that projectors don't project light that is darker than the background
The node setup to figure this out was really fun - I used to do an actual light source (like a real projector), but it looked too fuzzy for my taste, so it's an emission material mixed with the diffused material :)
@@rejectconvenience ahhhh
Who doesn’t know this
@@rejectconveniencehuh. So you can't show your character walking in front of the screen 🤔 yeah it's probably good enough.
But now I'm wondering if the fuzziness is a result of the renderer doing calculations too rough, or maybe you can put a lens material in the projector and fix it that way.
I can totally see why a renderer might make the projection fuzzy, when you calculate a scattered light point you stochastically send rays, often but not always towards a light source/powerful nearby reflection.
If this backwards scattered light doesn't reach the projector at the precise angle it should, you'd get pixels averaging out, and thus a blur
@@smuggzmug7595 me
Here is why the top 50 huge corporations HATE him!
I mean, I hate the top 50 huge corporations, so it's only fair that it goes both ways ;)
Hey, why it's just an icon app and not making it fully automated or making it read the privacy stuff and highlighted it? @@rejectconvenience
@@rejectconvenienceoh yeah? I hate ALL corporations. Take that
@@ferretappreciator Dang, you out-socialized me lol nice job
I find it so strange that we went from maybe 20 or so years ago telling kids stranger danger and be careful who you’re talking to online to “yeah just agree to Facebook’s privacy policies, it’s whatever everyone does it and you’ll need to for work anyways!”
Propaganda works
My boss has made a WhatsApp group for all colleagues and I am the only one not in there. It‘s funny (sad) how little they care about it.
They also used to say be careful what you put online because it'll be there forever. And now we rely on data hoarders to recover lost media every year.
Funny what stuff we want to disappear we have to fight to get rid of and protect from being leaked vs the stuff we expected to last forever protected by the nature of the internet only for it to fade into the aether.
The location data part was absolutely terrifying thank you 👍
It's really hard to explain it without it coming off as terrifying lol
@@rejectconveniencecus it pretty much is!
really? I couldn't care less honestly
You're already on the net (fishes) if you or your family use conventional smartphone.
@@okie9025I mean the add-on is supposed to be personalized to what ur comfortable with pretty sure
It is so nice to see someone speaking about privacy that isn't constantly calling me stupid. "Allowing complex things to be complex" is a great rule to live by on the internet these days
or even in general! there are so many situations that are more complex than what we commonly think about, because we've simplified it for convenience. like how someone can be both talented and a bad person, but people often want to categorize others into either "good" or "evil", so when it's revealed that, for instance, an artist has problematic views, people are quick to say "they were never talented in the first place" and "you aren't allowed enjoy their art anymore"
My problem with reading terms of policy, end user agreements, NDAs, Disclosures, etc. is that they don't give you a time to read and comprehend what the text it entails like for example; You're in a amusement ride and they give you a waiver to sign RIGHT NOW because there's people behind you waiting for their turn and for you to be able to use that ride is to sign that waiver, when that waiver actually says that they are not liable for any negligence in court or something like that.
I think those actually usually don’t hold up in court in the US if damages were actually caused by gross negligence
The thing about that is in cases like that the waiver is mostly just to convince you not to try pressing legal charges because "may as well not, I already agreed to this", because (correct me if I'm wrong) that would be considered signing a contract under duress, which therefore completely voids it in the court of law.
this kind of thing is actually why i wanted nothing to do with tiktok. I think I wouldve been around 14. Everyone around me was starting to get an account there, but I'd heard some shady shit about them suppressing LGBT content, and decided I wanted a look at their privacy policy and such. I could not find either. As far as I could tell, the only way to access them was to make an account.
Needless to say, I never joined the tiktok craze.
ya, because wdym “by being on this website and using any of our services ever made, you agree to our privacy policy” and you can only read the privacy policy ON or WITHIN their website
Most people don't realize that the contract you sign, the piece of paper is just proof of the agreement occuring, it does not speak about it's legitimacy at all. Just as if someone forced you to sign it with a gun to your head, stopping you from reading it and/or not explaining the terms properly makes the contract null, even if you sign it.
i love the subtle comedy infused into it, but not too much, so i can still take it seriously
That balance of "entertaining" and "informative" is really hard! I'm glad you liked it
@@rejectconvenience Well you know it's worked with a like/dislike ratio of 235/2
"I feel responsible for misleading my friends and family"
I LOVE that
In some cases, coarse data can still be used to know your precise building
If there aren't any houses around you, they know where you are
That's a fantastic point!
i know it’s not how it works, but i’d do coarse data anyway. even if i were to live in a rural area. that way, i’d make the glowies earn their payback 😉.
Also, if the zone is created around the phone, wouldn’t you just assume the phone is directly in the centre?
@@kaiparker1756 That's where it's kind of weird, when it comes to that final decimal place, it's safe to assume that's exactly where it is, since it's so close, but it isn't actually centered on you. It's an estimation. It's really hard to visualize that without it being very jarring (trust me, I tried), which is why I kept it centered, but that isn't totally how it works.
imo, i’d use coarse data anyway. i’ll make the bastards doing the collection earn their paycheck. 😉
I really appreciate this video. I had a panic attack last year working in IT prompted by thinking about AI and privacy policies. The thing I found most frustrating in the moment was having trouble explaining my concerns without sounding like a maniac, especially in that distressed emotional state.
This is a great resource for sharing. Thank you.
Edit: I no longer work in IT.
Good luck in your endeavors champ.
@@w花b Thank you.
“I don’t tend to trust folks who tell me how to feel, and that’s why I’m not gonna tell you how to feel. I respect your ability to judge a situation, when you’re provided all the context.”
Ok I love you already. Time to binge the entire channel.
It's always the indie channels with models made in blender as their avatars that's always informative
Purchases also contain a lot of very personal information. Like if I buy a sparkly top, you can infer that I will likely buy another sparkly top. But you could also probably tell something about my age, gender, maybe even where I live if it’s a tank top vs. long sleeve or especially if it has a local logo on it, like a sports team or college. All of that for all the purchases I make can tell you a lot about me.
Confuse them by buying things with logos from places you don’t live 😎 /joke
Just buy things for other people if that's a problem for you
You're buying enough women's clothing for the app to know you're a woman? Buy a tie for your dad, done.
@@3173_Delta this doesnt works, they can tell if it is purchased for you or for another person, example: a woman buys diapers on day 1 for the first time, this woman never bought anything related to babys before, and just buy the diapers again on day 55, so she proably bought it for someone else
Read "The Power of Habit", it explains further how they take information from our purchases and uses it for we to purchase more, sometimes it scares me
@@jackofspades7852 I buy sparkly saddles with Boston Red Sox logos on them even though I am not a gay horse from New England. I do it just to spite them 😎
This should be a law. Companies should be required to put a summarization at the start of their privacy policies.
(this perspective is coming from the states) they probably wouldn't make laws for these issues, because the government works with data collectors on different apps/services and uses privacy policies (like the existing ties between the US government and META/facebook) so I unfortunately don't think there would be any laws made because the law and these matters are more connected than you would think :(
@@scumengelthe EU would do it tbh, they've been kinda cracking down on bitchy businesses recently
@@scumengelhey, we got the "as easy as it was to sign up, must be equally as easy to unsubscribe" law recently, so there might be a bit of hope for us.
i fw this law
GDPR is working on that
This is how I approached privacy policies, it's really useful to remember a general list of things to look for so you don't need to read EVERYTHING from a giant wall of text.
This is actually very useful. If I ever make a game that requires a privacy policy, I'll try everything I can to keep this in mind and make a short version that uses this sort of visualization.
thank you so much
Oh no, Apple has the rights to turn me into a Human Centipad™
The fact that RUclips has highlighted "Human Centipad" as a link now in another bid to keep us all trapped on this damned site longer just makes this comment even worse.
HAHA there's no way xDDD
@@conspiracypanda1200 it’s a new feature and it only shows for some users sometimes, which is funny, because I didn’t see anything in this case & since your name is “conspiracy panda”, it just makes you look tinfoil-hat-ish. 😅
@@TomJakobW whats the point of the feature? ive not found a use for it yet
This is awesome. And I see where you’re coming from on not wanting to give your specific opinion on any apps, but ultimately that’s what we need if this sort of thing is going to be exposed to general consumers. Like hell I’m pretty privacy oriented but it looks like too much effort for me.
I would love to see these enforced food label-style across all platforms…
That’s why I framed it like this - people have been trying to summarize it the whole time, and it’s obviously not the right answer - for now. I can see a future where I could be standardized and digestible, but right now it’s random people’s opinions on documents that aren’t consistent about how they say each thing. As strange as it is, I think it’s actually easier to read it than it is to guess how someone summarized it. Effort is kind of the point of the tool, because I think it’s the solution to the problem. It’s complicated, though, and I totally see what you mean.
It would be cool if there was a linked database with user submitted ratings.
It would require a bit of computing power but it would be enormously useful for quickly assessing an apps privacy policies for the privacy conscious.
But I guess that might be a little too "convenient".😅
There is a website that sort of exists like that, but I really want to encourage people to actually read the policies - it's much more impactful (at least I think it is). I am working on getting the code I used on Github, so if someone wants to make a user submitted version, they are more than welcome to do so :)
hi
Really inconvenient, but I can suggest a thing sort-of like this.
There's an Android custom ROM, called /e/OS. Its built-in appstore has an automatic "privacy index", that is automatically computed from the app's amount of system permissions required to function properly. I find it pretty useful, and I believe it's a really handy tool for judging on a whim.
Unfortunately there are no user-ratings in this category yet, tho that would be pretty cool
@@rejectconvenience Huh
read this after leaving a similar comment
welp, I'll leave it for the algorithm
Yeah, I was thinking that and Im glad other people pointed out. OP said he wanted people to read for themselves, which is valid, but I reckon this user submission feature could be use to highlight things people usually have a problem with and maybe have some notes specifying the part of the policy so one can decide for themselves. I just find it wild that many of these things are just take it or leave it - you cant use the app unless you permit some pretty random things
been needing someone to make this all my life at like age 11 i watched ‘terms & conditions may apply’ and became so scared of privacy policies
wtf i had no idea precise location was THAT precise...
thats why i choose not precise location on fb i have no choice but to use fb for school. why cant we use another one..
@@thirteenly13i would always recommend avoiding precise location, since it is commonly used for A LOT of criminal activities
Awesome video and awesome tool! Although you've just made me want to fully give up my smartphone even more by going over all the stuff encompassed by all these categories. Love the increased little animated elements and whatnot, the tossed tablet and phone cracked me up, and the location precision bit was fantastic. I was going to express concern over the missing plant that's usually over on the left, but the camera angle revealed it was just in a different spot off-camera most of the time. Whew! Appreciate your effort and mindfulness in all your videos and your work to try and share what you learn.
Edit: I'd love to see a video with info about cookies!
The plant is still around, it was just moved for the throwing tablet bit
the one time where something oddly specific you learn to do in school comes in handy (cherrypicking required info from text that you don't enjoy reading)
not only is the video well put together, i LOVE the presentation and the way you use a 3d model and a powerpoint type of way of presenting, idk if i make sense but essentially i love this video
Whatever you do, do not accept the terms and services to iTunes. You'll find yourself connected in a whole new way.
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@@danik0011It's referencing a South Park episode where Kyle agreed to the iTunes terms of services which allowed Apple to legally abduct him and make him part of a human centipede. Name of the episode is HumancentiPad
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@@TomJakobW 🙍♂🙍♂🙍♂
dang i cant make nuclear weapons anymore
I appreciate your nuanced and complex take on complex issues! I get it man, i dont always wanna think about what im downloading or why, and i feel powerless even if i know this information bc the fuck am i gonna do, not use spotify bc they scan my heartbeat daily? However, not taking the convenience route and critically assessing your data and where its going means you can advocate for protections you didn't know you needed, which is a pretty good thing to be able to do. I hope you make more videos in the future and maintain this pragmatic approach to teaching and learning on your channel. Its very refreshing.
This is an amazing tool! I, too, fell for the same trap of assisting my family with these smart gadgets whilst neglecting the privacy policies of the companies behind them. This is such a wake-up call, thank you! 🙌
I recently received an E-Mail along the lines of "We have recorded freaky footage of you. Send is Bitcoin."
And as someone without a Webcam, I of course complied right away!
lmfao
yooooo i got the same spam for a while!!!!! every couple weeks id get another email saying they recorded me watching stuff that is just not my taste, personally 😂
I mean they probably could have recorded you when you left the house and went somewhere. Or recycled recordings taken of you by your friends or other involved people
I usually do not subscribe to a channel unless I've personally come back to their videos a few dozen times. The level of nuance and maturity you displayed in the first three minutes of this video alone earned my subscription. Thank you for letting complex things be complex!
Probably a rare good use for ai is to translate the legalese into actual human readable shorthand. Provide the consequences of signing up in an automatically translated, short, concise point.
Theres a web extension for that
Pretty sure using AI to translate legal stuff is a terrible idea since it's usually very specific and if anything gets lost that would be really bad
@@ZackShark1Quality of a translation would be better, if an ai was trained for this particular reason. In addition, a lot of nuance is lost when *you* read it. At least if you’re not a specialist in that legal stuff, because it’s often written to be confusing for normal users. Were an ai trained on samples made by law people, I’d expect it to perform better than average
@@chair1319I still wouldn't trust AI with this stuff. They're known to hallucinate and make stuff up.
@@chair1319 an ai doesnt have a sense of importance, however. that isnt how generative ai like summaries work. there isnt a way to tell an ai that certain parts of legalese are important, but you as a human with discretion and judgement can at least get a sense for if a line of legalese is worth looking up to translate so you can understand it.
As someone who's also an artist and trying to get into an IT job as a cybersecurity student; it's scary how little people care and disregard their online privacy/security so nonchalantly. All consumer's should be more easily able to understand these rules instead of companies making it near impossible for most to understand their privacy policies.
Propaganda is a hell of a drug
tbh I'm always paranoid when I'm on phone; since I just don't know what configuration i need to turn off dangerous stuff
>channel is named reject convenience
>makes a convenient visualizer
That is because these are not the same conveniences. Him making this visualiser makes it easier for people to reject the convenience of smart phones
Thank you for making this video, and the visualizer. I actually surprised myself with how many of the metrics I put as red. (Things I don't want to be collected, at least not behind my back buried deep into a privacy policy. It is something I feel like I should be asked about up front in clear text.) Though I do already kinda am considered to be very paranoid by the people around me.... so it's not that big of a surprise.
(Btw, I tried filling it out to see what kind of information I would be concerned about, rather than filling it out based on a privacy policy I am reading. Though I think I'll try to use it next time I encounter one, as I want to get better at bothering to read through privacy policies.)
The two I was the least concerned about was Identifiers, and Diagnostics. I work in tech, and I understand what these get used for. For example, the latter can be very helpful for fixing issues with the application. And the former is basically required whenever you have a database of users. Though to be fair, the usage of these may vary, so looking into the privacy policy to see what it is used for is still a good idea.
Just found this channel today, and watching this video gave me a stronger sense of peace I hadn't really felt in a long time. I kinda feel bad for not even thinking twice about a company's privacy policy, as it's usually a common gag just to scroll to the bottom, but I'm wanting to start looking into what they're collecting from now on. I am very appreciative of the time you took to make this, and I feel like life is gonna get a little safer for me. Keep up the good work.
Can't believe you gave me an ad when mentioning selling data to advertiser. Jumpscared me
That might have been intentional ;) (you should use an adblocker also, firefox on desktop or brave on mobile)
Brave is also available on desktop and can link to your mobile version. Plus it's chromium, so chrome extensions can work on it, but the built-in features are all I need personally. There's even an option to limit the addictive traits of RUclips like your feed
Louis Rossman is gonna love this, we really need more people fighting for our right to privacy, and honestly, we shouldn't need this, yet, it's a sad fact of our semi dystopian reality.
Well done, brother. Definitely has me thinking about the apps that I use and what I am comfortable with these apps collecting and sharing. The cold reality is, we are a number to these big companies that easily sell us out for their monetary gain. Ironically, the homeless who do not use this tech have the least digital footprint.
I tend to always read the policies of services which I sign up to. I understand all the things they do and what they collect and especially in the case of terms and conditions it can be atrocious (in my perspective) like a video editing platform owning the rights to anything you create in it. A game engine owning the IP of whatever you create in it, which is wild. Companies forcing arbitration. And the worst part is I see this and have to go, “well I have to use this anyway so it’s not like it matters.” Because really, what choice do I have? Sure in some cases there are better options, but in other cases what am I to do? Quit a job because they require me to use a specific app which now has rights to my apartment? (Of course the final apartment thing is unlikely, but i wouldn’t be surprised if it was possible and legally binding)
I like that the GDPR recognises that not only will consumers be confused, they don't have time to read deliberately obfuscated terms and conditions and disallow platforms to force you to give away your rights to privacy in order to use a service. We need this to be universal, since in order to participate in society, we are forced daily to allow companies to endanger us.
as someone who generally has the mindset of "eh who cares" when shown privacy policies (mostly because i cannot comfortably read black text on white), this video was really nice and easy to understand!
and the simplicity of the tool mixed with the new knowledge i now have does make me wanna go through my apps and review their policies, though it'd take me quite a while :]
this is a great video. I don't like it when companies take your information and aren't clear upfront about how they use it (which is most companies), so this arms me with more tools to find that out myself. Imo, one of the worst of this is Instagram. But up until now the privacy categories were confusing to me and I didn't know how to find more about it, so thanks for making this video that helped me learn a thing or two! I think another video specifically on browser cookies and how that works would be interesting too.
Very underrated channel, this was very useful, you earned a sub :)
Hearing Hayley Williams' voice at the end was very unexpected. Great video, thanks for teaching what to look for
I was surprised that Paramore is now allowing licensing for their music on RUclips so I was like "I have to use that" - best $5 ever spent
Thank you for visualing the decimal places for lat and long. I have tried looking into this before as a curiosity but couldn't, you made it crystal clear
_LOVE_ this tool! 💻👍 Just providing a list of terms to search for in a Privacy Agreement/ToS/EULA is a _HUGE_ win... even crazy people like me who actually _choose_ to read through these monstrous walls of legalese can benefit, because tech companies are fond of hiding their most egregious policies behind seemingly benign names & terminology.
There's a reason they make these legal documents as impenetrable as possible, and any tools that help demystify these agreements for the average consumer are hugely beneficial. You're an absolute legend 👍
Apple certainly has a much more convenient snapshot of what types of data collections are to be expected, but it would make sense that the privacy policy should be visible and written in a user friendly way, rather than stumbling on dark patterns and neglect endorsing types of text walls every time you open a privacy policy. Good video!
This is such an important service youre doing for people, thank you. And yes, a video on cookies would be sweet! (pun very much intended)
I love you man, you are maybe the only person i know who not only talks about these topics but also does something about it
This Idea must change all Tech companies
very good video! i really like how much care you put into how you talk; you're articulate and you add apostrophes instead of using blanket statements (unlike, say, Mental Outlaw - a RUclipsr I like, but can't really share because of how he oversimplifies things, and thereby alienates general audiences). Shared with some friends! I saw this in my reccomended at 2.6k views so im subbing because jur gonna be big one day, i can tell. Postscript, I like the mii faces :3
edit: yeah! make that cookie video! would be aweosome!
Wow the animations here are so clean, this looks awesome!
Being a European citizen is such a great thing when it comes to privacy. It's the reason every website is basically obligated to use cookies. A small step but one at least. And also i heard that in the US companies make you pay to do stuff you'd get free cuz of EU
If it weren't for the videos going back 12 years on your channel, I would believe this is one of those channels big youtubers start for a video to see if going viral is luck. These high quality videos seriously came out of nowhere. Spectacular work chap.
I have a suggestion from fiddling with the tool: Allow for users to submit their own privacy visualizer "configs" when they use it, so you can get a quick "at a glance" look at what various programs/apps do with your data instead of needing to look through a privacy policy themselves. For example, people could upload their own configuration for "amazon" and by selecting it you could see an aggregate of what people considered "acceptable" data collection and "unacceptable" or "alarming" data collection. Maybe have it shown to the side of their own config so they can compare with what the majority of people say about a certain program/app.
While this certainly crossed my mind, there are a couple reasons I avoided doing this:
1. I think the problem at it's core is that people aren't reading these policies - Apple already does provide these categories, but like I mentioned in the video, it doesn't tell the whole story. Precise location, for example, can be a huge range, and it just is better described (usually) in the privacy policy with how precise they're getting. I want people to actually read the policy, I don't want them to see yet another summary. We've seen those pop up and fail to solve the problem over and over. And I'll be honest, this isn't going to solve it either - but it at least does something different, in that it's only useful if you're actually reading the policy.
2. If I started allowing user generated results, I'd have to start tracking usernames and cookies and I believe that goes against the entire point of this. I don't have any tracking anything with this tool. I can't even tell how many people have visited the page, because I wasn't willing to contribute to the problem while trying to solve it.
I totally understand that it would be substantially more convenient to just look at a summary, but again - that's kind of the problem (in my opinion). I'm still working on getting the code I used to make this on GitHub (new process for me), so if someone want's to make that community-summary version, they're more than welcome to :)
I hope this sorta thing becones universally standard. Just like, a visual chart that gets attached to the agreement itself, curated and maintained by other users as these agreements change over time.. with like, bulletpoints mentioning specific concerns or other easily misconstrued wording or avenues for abuse of privacy and security, etc
I'm sure there are already multiple subreddits tracking stuff like this anyway haha, but this is super helpful! Thank you!
I really root for a video about cookies. I'm subbing in hope that this some day lands in my feed!
I would like to say I appreciate the 3D smear frames used in this video
I really liked doing it, I plan on doing it more in the future :)
1 minute in and I'm subscribed, great work!
Don't have something to say that hasn't already been said, great video. Juat here to say that please do make a video about cookies since i tried reading them once and didn't understand anything. Your way of explanation is my cup of tea
It was an entertaining video, especially the location part. The visualizer tool can certainly be helpful and along with this tool, there's a website named Terms of Service; Didn't Read. It summarises what data is collected.
Using the visualizer along with the website might be a really good combo.
I would love to hear about cookies, I’m told I’m not as good at baking as I think I am!
The problem is this: if some cool trendy app says "we require absolutely every single piece of information about you since your birth, including but not limited to: your email address, phone number, fingerprint data, constant location surveillance, other social media account data, and a sample of your voice", you can bet that 95% of people will click "agree" within a second because they do not care.
That is a totally fair point, which is why I was resistant to summarizing it for people. I made a video a while ago talking about the ultimate conclusion of what happens with this data (data breaches, so fun), but yeah. That was mostly why I wanted to do it differently. There are a thousand websites that summarize these things for you, and you know what hasn't changed? People still don't read them. At least this thing I made requires you to read it for it to be of any use at all. But yeah, even then, a lot of people just won't care - doesn't mean we shouldn't help those who might, though, and we can certainly advocate for the people who don't understand WHY they should care. They deserve just as much control over their privacy as anyone else.
@@rejectconvenience yeah the idea of making something as important as a privacy policy basically incomprehensible to the average person is scummy coming from most companies, so something like this will definitely be useful, but i think it will take a lot of effort to make people change their indifference to privacy violations and such lol
@@okie9025 No doubt lol
I feel like you just made up that percentage. Also I would guess a lot of people who do not care at all have simply never had all the data laid out infront of them.
@@hastyscorpion yes it's a made up percentage lol, that's why I said "you can bet". But I'd doubt that it's too different from that in reality.
Also, no. Most of the people I know IRL know how much they are "spied" on. They have had ads appear on their phone which are related to things they talked out loud about, without ever having searched for that subject on the internet. They know their phone microphone is constantly turned on, and that that data is used to customize ads. Most of them say something along the lines of "huh, that's neat" and move on.
This is amazing. Also noticed in the desc this is a video you want Jacksfilms to see, I'm sure he's going to love it too
glad i clicked on this rando video, i switched to a flip phone 6 months ago and the only problem i've noticed is not having an algo to prevent spam messages.
that should be totally possible, as well as other small upgrades like more customization features, but i feel like there's an intentional lack in these things, to make just buying a smart phone the more 'convenient' option, when really a flip phone should be more convenient, theoretically
I know that this has practically nothing to do with the video (fantastic video by the way) but I *love* the mii faces that are adjusted to show different emotions!! Very nostalgic
This is very cool tool for me to analyze TOS efficiently! A extension of this could be an algorithmic indexing that automatically searches and highlights important words, sentences or sections. An example on top of my head is Semantic Scholar, which analyzes some research paper and highlights lines that is important to background, method, results, etc. The automated indexing could also report detailed statistics, such as frequency of search terms
Hey you should definitely make a video on cookies. I think that would be a cool subject matter to look into. I only the basics of what cookies do, but your video style and explanation is very clear & concise.
This is HEAVILY underrated. You just earned a subsciber.
Absolutely brilliant! Calm, precise... Extremely useful
a video about cookies would be extremely useful.
That looks really helpful, the terms to help search for and a simple way to keep track of what you have already found is simple and practical. An elegant solución
i hope you blow up bro. youre doing amazing, loved the video
FINALLY THIS IS WHAT IVE BEEN WANTING FOR FOREVER 😭 ❤
you earned a sub dude, keep up the good work
As I'm watching this, I am required to record my face and driver license for the most useless of work-related courses, and they will hold it for two years. Great, thanks work, I love it.
I had to deal with the same thing with my bank earlier - pain in the butt it was to get around that, since I use a dumb phone lol
@rejectconvenience I realize I despise how necessary this has become. Then again, is most of it really necessary, or is it just touted as such?
@@Killer_Space_2726-GCP It's a bit of both. You can get away with avoiding a lot of it if you want to. I've been on the dumb phone for over 2 years now, and the things most people would consider "necessary" that I'd be missing out on hasn't really been an issue. But, there are some things that have become rather difficult, say, online banking. But, you figure out ways around those barriers pretty quickly when you've been doing it long enough!
Tl;Dr is also a really good tool that summarizes privacy policies
That’s an amazing tool! And the Mii face is pretty amazing too!
one of the few quality channels out there. love your animation style. keep it up!!
Ive been wanting somebody to do a TL;DR for privacy policies and/or terms of service for a while now. Thank you!
Oh yes! I think a detailed video about cookies would be insanely helpful!
Fire video 🔥. Convenience really does cost us more than we realize
Happy for you. I hope this is going to shoot your view count to the next level
Definitely make that video about cookies! I just discovered this channel and must say I absolutely adore it. Keep on being awesome!
This is revolutionary ! I bet many apps will adopt this style and you should monetize this model
I appreciate it :) I don't want to monetize this for a few reasons, but the biggest reason is as a poor kid, I really benefited from using free and open tools, and it only feels right to pass that along.
I wasn't really expecting the website to be so simple when I went there! I was kind of expecting a catalogue of overviews for documented websites' privacy policies and their documentation dates, with the colours representing the extent to which they collect, use and share each category of data, created by other users, some specific curators, or AI. Maybe also including an overview of the company's security practices and data-breach incidents
But then you wouldn't read the privacy policy. Reading a summary is not the same as reading the thing itself.
@@rejectconvenience Yeah, I guess I figured. I suppose it's just like... this tool only really helps people who care to read the whole policy anyway. And, that might be the point, but if you're already invested in reading it all, the visualiser itself doesn't seem like it adds much to the analysis unless you have ADD preventing you from keeping certain things in mind, or something... and not many people have ADD and want to go through privacy policies... I dunno. It probably does help for informing you about certain things and categorising them though
@@FireyDeath4 It's just another way of looking at it. it's certainly not perfect, but that's okay. As long as it helps someone, I'm happy.
I don't have anything big to add
I just wanted to thank you for this, the video, the tool, the animations, everything!
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Love your videos. Can't wait to watch your channel take off 🚀
I feel like it already is haha the last couple of weeks have been really wild
I would love a video on cookies, please!
I think this would definitely help people willing to take time check this stuff out. Unfortunately, for most it seems best for them to just rely on their tech friend/family member for recommendations.
I do think a video on cookies would be awesome in your style.
Even if tech friends use this to help those recommendations, I'll call it a win.
Thanks for the input on the cookies video!
@@rejectconvenience Now that I think about it, this could be a good way to basically go over a privacy policy with a friend or family member for a service they use a lot.
That is a fantastic idea!!!
@@Cyanide_SamplerI think people assume incorrectly that if you know a thing about tech, it’s because of magical intuition they can’t hope to get when actually I just was a lot more willing to dig around in settings for 3 hours looking for one thing
So having a tool this straightforward to show other people feels like it would demystify the learning a bit
This video feels very light hearted and a kind way to show how important a privacy policy can be and how to read them better. I appreciate this!
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This is actually insanely useful. Thanks!
Have you considered consulting a lawyer to aid in this project? They are the ones writing these policies and contracts, so it could be beneficial to have them help your search for keywords and dumbing down the language for the layman
Love this idea, I will consider it!
I subscribed like 3 minutes into the video. You do great work. I look forward to watching the rest of it!
I think an in depth video about cookies would be helpful. I (and probably most average people) only have a vague understanding of it, but it’s relevant to everyone. Almost every time you go to a website now you get that popup about cookies, and most people click whatever button makes it quickly go away
What would be really cool is if there was a community tab where people can share the privacy grid for certain apps or Websites it could also have an upvote system to weed any trolls
Unfortunately, that requires data collection 😅
I HIGHLY recommend that this be turned into a browser extension that flashes whenever a privacy policy comes up.
There are some downsides to this but I think the entire point of this is lost when you have to consciously remind yourself to do this every time you stumble across the millions of privacy policies.
The benefit is that you don't even need to be thinking about privacy to be reminded that it might be worth taking a look at.
Without some automatic system (maybe even with a gamified counter for how many privacy policies you've read), I don't think too many people will stick to reading privacy policies just because of a video they watched. They'll probably agree with what you're saying but building a habit isn't so automatic.
I actually really like this idea - If done right, there wouldn't be a need for accounts or whatever, it could just be data stored in the browser. That way you could track them for each site, and if you come to a policy that has changed since you last read through it, it could flash too, saying "hey, this has changed since you last read it"... I'll post this idea in the forum, as my coding skills aren't that good lol. Thank you!