Re:WhatsApp co-founder tells everyone to delete Facebook
by earenndil on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @10:37PM
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Why is it better that google has your data than that another company has your data?
Re:WhatsApp co-founder tells everyone to delete Facebook
by untog on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @11:39PM
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Because I agreed to give it to them, for one.
For another, I know what Google is. And where it is - they have an address. They're in the US. I could, if I wanted, sue them.
Compare that to a literally limitless number of unknown organisations all across the world? Yeah, I'd say Google is better.
Re:WhatsApp co-founder tells everyone to delete Facebook
by soohyung on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @11:41PM
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Because at least then you know who has your data. If I agree to Google having some of my data because I trust them with it to some extent that does not mean I want to give any third party access to that data. And I'm not saying there's any reason to trust Google with your data, but at least you'll know who really has access to that data.
Which is the entire point. I know Google is taking data when I use Google products. The problem arises when Google freely gives my data to a random third party company I neither know nor trust, without my knowledge.