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==How security relates to consumer rights==

Security is both a blessing and a curse towards control over the things consumers own. Being forced to login to a laptop to use it is a sensible decision, being forced to connect your treadmill to the internet and gain authorization just to run on it (as seen [[Peloton Removes Just Run Feature|here]]) is not. Companies may use security as an excuse to reduce consumer control and so it is important to identify these misuses. If a company takes away consumer rights using security as an excuse consider that "the emperor may not have any clothes" and their security is not as strong as they portray it. {{Citation needed|reason=needs verifiability}}

Security is both a blessing and a curse towards control over the things consumers own. Being forced to login to a laptop to use it is a sensible decision, being forced to connect your treadmill to the internet and gain authorization just to run on it (as seen [[Peloton Removes Just Run Feature|here]]) is not. Companies may use [[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers#"For the safety of the consumer"|security as an excuse]] to reduce consumer control and so it is important to identify these misuses. If a company takes away consumer rights using security as an excuse consider that "the emperor may not have any clothes" and their security is not as strong as they portray it. {{Citation needed|reason=needs verifiability}}

===Poor security principals harm the consumer===

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==Further reading==

* [[End-user license agreement]]

*[[End-user license agreement]]

* [[Terms of service]]

*[[Terms of service]]

* [[Right to own]]

*[[Right to own]]

* [[Internet of Things]]

*[[Internet of Things]]

==References==

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 ==How security relates to consumer rights==
-Security is both a blessing and a curse towards control over the things consumers own. Being forced to login to a laptop to use it is a sensible decision, being forced to connect your treadmill to the internet and gain authorization just to run on it (as seen [[Peloton Removes Just Run Feature|here]]) is not. Companies may use security as an excuse to reduce consumer control and so it is important to identify these misuses. If a company takes away consumer rights using security as an excuse consider that "the emperor may not have any clothes" and their security is not as strong as they portray it. {{Citation needed|reason=needs verifiability}}
+Security is both a blessing and a curse towards control over the things consumers own. Being forced to login to a laptop to use it is a sensible decision, being forced to connect your treadmill to the internet and gain authorization just to run on it (as seen [[Peloton Removes Just Run Feature|here]]) is not. Companies may use [[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers#"For the safety of the consumer"|security as an excuse]] to reduce consumer control and so it is important to identify these misuses. If a company takes away consumer rights using security as an excuse consider that "the emperor may not have any clothes" and their security is not as strong as they portray it. {{Citation needed|reason=needs verifiability}}
 ===Poor security principals harm the consumer===
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 ==Further reading==
-* [[End-user license agreement]]
+*[[End-user license agreement]]
-* [[Terms of service]]
+*[[Terms of service]]
-* [[Right to own]]
+*[[Right to own]]
-* [[Internet of Things]]
+*[[Internet of Things]]
 ==References==