Some Google Photos videos in backups were sent to strangers in November

Re:Some Google Photos videos in backups were sent to strange... by danielrhodes on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:39PM (#22239280)

> I don't trust, and never will trust, any company to hold on to my data without either selling it to a third party or accidentally leaking it.

This is a very black and white way of looking at trust. Trust is earned, it can be broken, it can be rebuilt. All human relationships are built upon trust, and it is fallible just like anything else. To have trust is to create vulnerability. However, just as you mention, that vulnerability comes with an upside.

What you are saying is: because there is vulnerability in trust, you should trust no one.

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Re:Some Google Photos videos in backups were sent to strange... by oarsinsync on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:51PM (#22239445)

> All human relationships are built upon trust

Relationships with corporations are not the same as human relationships. Being open with other humans is part of the human experience.

Being open with special legal entities that we have fabricated as societies for economic gain is justifiably questionable.

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Re:Some Google Photos videos in backups were sent to strange... by dhimes on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @02:34PM (#22239968)

Even so, I'm not convinced that trust can be completely rebuilt. Maybe it varies with the person, even in human relationships.

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Re:Some Google Photos videos in backups were sent to strange... by rapind on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @03:23PM (#22240516)

Most direct human to human relationships don't come with a 40 page privacy policy and terms of use that they reserve the right to change on a dime. A rational stance is not to trust anyone that requires you to agree to a bunch of legalese without having a lawyer review it first.

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Re:Some Google Photos videos in backups were sent to strange... by throwaway789394 on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @02:55PM (#22240196)

Or why trust someone if you don’t have to. Why do we have locks on doors and store passwords as hashed strings? Trust sucks.

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