Hey, BlueSky folks: are you a Photobucket user or have you ever been in the past? They just updated their ToS & it includes a rather shocking element. If they used your photos to train AI that would be an improvement over their new policy.
They're selling your uploaded media to biometric companies.
They're selling your uploaded media to biometric companies.
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"Information about the rights you grant us, including the right to the extent permitted by the laws of your region, to license or sell your Public User Uploaded Content to third parties for the scanning and processing of your Public User ...
How do you opt out, you ask?
"There is an initial opt-out period that exists for forty-five (45) days from the Effective Date listed above (“Initial Opt-Out Period”) that will be prior to any license or sale taking effect. ...
So...maybe delete all your shit, yeah?
But do you know who also subscribes to biometric data companies? Law enforcement.
Pretty random, I had completely forgot I still had stuff there.
There were some photos I had absolutely no memory of.
Because this could be an opportunity to collectively piss in some techbros cornflakes this morning.
All that I know is that I no longer have 2 photobucket accounts :)
Though deleting your account is also probably gonna piss them off.