Technology
Wordy, complex, inscrutable, repulsive, etc. Privacy policies on websites, which are meant to be read by the users, are insidiously crafted to provide an escape route to the online services. The length and lexicon virtually makes it impossible for one to parse through every sentence and comprehend the fine-print without assistance, which is a tactic disguised as a consumer protection tool.
An AI system, called Polisis, is simplifying things with its ability to pick up any unusual privacy policy and then summarize the content in readable and comprehensible form, writes Wired.
Polisis is a website and browser extension that takes just 30 seconds to dish out a graphical representation of how the user data is handled by the concerned online service, notes Futurism.
