Tea Consent
Why Hacker News recommends it
Used as the classic analogy for consent, applied to opt-out data collection and privacy practices.
What it is
A three-minute animated video that explains sexual consent through the analogy of offering someone a cup of tea. It is based on a blog post by Emmeline May.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2015 to 2024.
What Hacker News said
Recommends jobu · 2015-08 · on “Assange, the law of limitation, and the next eight days”
This video does a pretty good job of explaining consent for those that don't think AA's description sounds like rape: [this video] (Tea Consent)
Recommends bergstromm466 · 2020-06 · on “Microsoft duplicates data from Firefox without asking”
> as it's often said when it comes to other people attempting to cross your personal boundaries, "'No' is a complete answer". I love that, so important! Have people seen the Tea consent video? [this video]
Recommends WhyNotHugo · 2021-07 · on “Console Do Not Track – Proposal for a standard environment variable”
You know what else expresses lack of consent? Lack of consent. It’s very sad how this “you consent unless otherwise stated” ideology keep growing and growing. “We’re not spying on you, it’s just that you never expressed not wanting to be spied upon”. Here’s a very educational video on how giving consent works: [this video]
Cites techbro87 · 2020-05 · on “Tell HN: Interviewed with Triplebyte? Your profile is about to become public”
The difference between what you are doing here and the other public profiles you mention is consent. When a user creates a profile on Stack Overflow or Hacker News, they are consenting to share whatever data they give on that particular platform. When a user created a profile on Triplebyte, up until now, they were consenting to that data being used in a private profile for the purpose of connecting them with job opportunities, privately. Now, you've emailed all of your users on a Friday evening to say "by the way, if you don't opt-out in the next week, we will take this data that you gave to us under the assumption that it would be private, and make it public (and potentially searchable)." B
Cites Lutger · 2023-10 · on “German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding”
I guess it is. This conversation reminds me of the classic Tea Consent video, explaining the concept of consensual sex: [this video]
Cites thegrimmest · 2024-06 · on “Small claims court became Meta's customer service hotline”
> most of modern Europe This is relatively recent, and has proven itself quite fragile. Democracies elect dictators. Dictators of powerful governments commit atrocities. There is no "don't elect dictators" solution. The only solution is to disempower the government. Also European nations are relatively small and relatively culturally homogenous. There is no functioning liberal democracy of a large multicultural state. > All societies impose involuntary obligations There is a vast difference between outlawing violent behaviour and mandating cooperation. The latter is indistinguishable from slavery. Free societies don't compel the cooperation of their citizens beyond the strict minimum necessa