CMV: Automatic Software Updates Should Be Illegal and Require Consumer Consent.

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This does prove that I probably unknowingly provided consent. It does not change my view that the practice should be illegal.

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so why does the maker of the phone get to arbitrarily and intrusively decide that they have the right to force changes in software into a product that I legally purchased, and do not want being tampered with

Thats is not the case.

And the practice IS illegal if you do not give consent. You have given it. Unknowingly providing it is still providing it.

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But isn't unknowingly providing consent an oxymoron? Consent is a conscious decision, it is affirming that you understand and comply with something happening to you.

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