People Agree to Clean Toilets for Wi. Fi Because They Didnt Read the Terms. Tim Berners Lee, the father of the World Wide Web, listed his top worries for the future of his creation earlier this year. One of his biggest concerns is the increasingly dense terms of service agreements that companies ask users to sign. Now, a public Wi. Fi company has demonstrated just how dangerous those complicated agreements can be by inserting absurd conditions that thousands of people unwittingly agreed to. One of the downsides of being a worldwide tech juggernaut with two billion monthly users is thatRead more Read. Purple is a Manchester based company that specializes in running Wi. Fi hotspots for brands like Legoland, Outback Steakhouse and Pizza Express. This week, the company came clean about its two week experiment in which it inserted a Community Service Clause into its terms of service agreement. More than 2. 2,0. Facebook and maybe look up some directions. In a blog post on its site, a Purple spokesperson explains that the agreement requires users to do any of the following, at Purples discretion Cleansing local parks of animal waste. Providing hugs to stray cats and dogs. Manually relieving sewer blockages. Cleaning portable lavatories at local festivals and events. Painting snail shells to brighten up their existence. Scraping chewing gum off the streets. There was also a prize offer for anyone who contacted the company and pointed out the clause. Wifi Hack 2010 New Updated Pokemon' title='Wifi Hack 2010 New Updated Pokemon' />Only one person received a prize. Its unclear if Purple would even be legally allowed to enforce the clause, but it says it wont even try. This was simultaneously a campaign to raise awareness about the necessity of reading the terms of service, and a marketing stunt to announce that Purple is the first Wi. Fi provider to be compliant under the new General Data Protection Regulation GDPR. The GDPR guidelines will become enforceable on May 2. European Union. The new regulations are intended to simplify terms and conditions as well as provide more transparency for consumers to understand how their personal data will be used. This morning, Windows users woke to terrible news Microsoft was reportedly axing its beloved Microsoft Paint. The program, which has been annotating our memes. PS Username Alts IGN Friend code Evidence Reason Added by Date added Lmplausible Intelectualdude, Thrillipene, PSYCOSANTA666, Shrek OU, Asian Kwii. BibMe Free Bibliography Citation Maker MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard. Here in the US, fancy consumer protections are anathema to freedom and capitalism. So, you might want to be careful. Purple via Geeks are Sexy. Hack an Easy Button for Quick Slack Alerts. How To Install Tube Light Bulbs. Working with headphones on usually means youd rather not be bothered, but sometimes it means youre just listening to something while you work. If you want to be available despite your cans being on, why not build your own alert button Enter developer Nick Sypteras, who wanted to solve the problem of coworkers requesting his attention while his headphones were on. Working in a cubicle, he wrote, Theres no way for a visitor to my desk to get my attention other than by waving their hand in my face, making loud noises behind me, etc. So he broke out the soldering iron, a Staples Easy Button, and an Adafruit microcontroller. Dear Lifehacker. I am condemned to being stuck in a small cubicle with low walls. I know Lifehacker Read more Read. Sypteras wrote the code to send his Slack alerts in Micro. Python, a version of the programming language designed for microcontroller boards. The Adafruit Feather HUZZAH microcontroller listens for a change in value based on whether the button was pressed. Using Slacks API, he was able to send messages to a private channel he created specifically for his desks easy button. While the message just lets him know hes got a visitor, you can get fancy with it and use Slacks API to attach more info to your alerts.