For instance, one commonly used condition is that the company owners are not responsible for anything you do, or that is done to you, while using their site. To put into a scenario, if someone sent you a message, and said they know where you live, and that they're planning to kill you, there is nothing the service owners are going to do to help you.
Another frightening policy that is used frequently is one that states, that once you accept the terms of service, any changes that are made to their polices will not be notified to you, you will not be aware of these changes, but you will have already agreed to them. Say you accepted the terms, then a few months later, they changed their policy to say that the company can use your private information in anyway they please, you will not know that this has happened.
The fact that most people are unaware of these terms when signing up, (because lets be honest, who has the time to read the terms and conditions?) is terrifying! Especially in cases involving most young children online. Although, some of these policies may make sense (like ones involving no credibility to what the users do) because you do not want to be responsible for what others do, it is still unsettling that we really have no idea what we sign up for.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/27wtdm/what_are_some_scary_things_hidden_in_the_terms/
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