What changed in the terms?
"We've updated our Terms of Service." You've deleted a hundred of those emails, and the companies know you will — the announcement is technically notice, and nobody reads it. Here's how to actually know what changed.
Why it's worth caring
Terms changes are how services legally introduce the things you'd object to if they said them plainly:
- New data sharing — "partners" appearing in the privacy policy means your data has new destinations.
- Arbitration clauses — quietly removing your right to join a class-action lawsuit.
- License grabs — broader rights to the content you upload.
- AI training — your posts, photos, or files becoming training data.
Most changes are boring housekeeping. The problem is telling the two apart without a law degree and a free afternoon.
How to check by hand (the honest version)
- Find the service's terms page and look for a "last updated" date.
- Find an archived copy of the old version (the Wayback Machine helps).
- Diff them side by side and read every changed clause.
That works. It's also an hour per service, per change — which is why nobody does it.
The automated version
SecBird watches the terms and privacy policies of the services you follow, ignores markup churn and typo fixes, and sends you a plain-language summary when something meaningful changes — with a side-by-side comparison so you can see the receipts. Big changes alert you immediately; housekeeping waits politely in your digest.