Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by 5701652400 4 days ago
"... technically, I did not have sex with her!"

this is a blurry line. when factual statements are so confusing (deliberately? we well never know), there is not much difference between lie and technically-turth ful misdirection. harm is done. ill-intent is likely present.

you can burry "facts" into thousands pages long T&C (apple is infamous for) nobody reads. and claim "you agreed to that!". nobody does, nobody did. technically this is correct and truthful, but harmful ill-intent against user pulling power to corporate entity as much as it can.

same here, apple would "technically" not lie, but annouce their products and build their API confusing to their advantage (upselling features that do not exit).

when you have to fight over word definitions, it is a red flag.