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Comment by tomkarho | Hacker News Reader

I would suggest that if LinkedIn is training their AI models on user data and content, users should get a copy of the said model free of charge.

That or LinkedIn should at least be compelled to ask explicit permission for model training. None of this Darth Vader stuff where they "altered the deal".

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In their TOS they probably give themselves the right to do whatever the hell they want with the stuff you post there. If you store your data on someone else's computer, it's not yours any more, no matter how personal it is.

TOS do not, in practice, constitute informed consent, especially if they are silently changed, without a human readable summary and an explicit opt-in

Agreed, but as long as you can't successfully sue them for doing it anyway, the point is moot.

Also, if you already “agreed” to TOS that lets them do whatever they want, they don't need to change it.

The best summary of the situation I've seen is: these corporations do not understand (or ignore) the concept of consent (and reciprocity).

And also that the concept of rights hasn't quite arrived in the digital sphere yet.

Humanity better keep an eye on the owners and managers responsible for these decisions, and hold them to account for their selfishness, deceptiveness, theft, coercion and greed

Unfortunately, these businesses didn't get to the top by treating people ethically. Don't think they will start now.

Yeah, give me free stuff!

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