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| Authored by: Wol on Wednesday, April 03 2013 @ 05:17 PM EDT |
Why do people trust G more than fb?
Well, certainly as far as G+ is concerned, it only makes stuff visible to the
circles I *explicitly* put my posts into. In other words, stuff isn't visible
until I actively publish it.
fb, on the other hand ... stuff is publicly visible *by* *default*, and fb also
has a habit of making changes that result in your attempts to restrict access
getting bypassed.
For example, my wife has recently re-published several fb posts. What that
means, is if A posts some article and tries to restrict it so only B, C and D
can see it, if C likes it and republishes it all of a sudden everybody who
follows C can see it. And they can republish it to their following ... I don't
know how you could do that with G+ - I don't think you can!
In other words, for people who value their privacy, they trust Google NOT to
subvert their attempts to keep private things private. (That's not to say Google
don't screw up, they do. But fb seems to screw up "accidentally on
purpose" rather too often ...)
Cheers,
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| Authored by: DieterWasDriving on Thursday, April 04 2013 @ 12:42 PM EDT |
It's curious that they primarily break things that let them sell more personal
information, and then won't fix them immediately -- presumably waiting to see if
there is a big outcry.
It really irks me when things I've signed up, such as airline frequent flier
programs, "reset" their preferences or change the list so that
previous opt-outs of junk mail are changed to opt-in. The worst only do it
every few months, and eventually get a close. FB seems to do it repeatedly.
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| Authored by: albert on Friday, April 05 2013 @ 05:03 PM EDT |
and if anyone believes that, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn....
IINM, Google was monetized from the git-go. Search data is one thing, but
personal info, like on a 'social' site, is something else. fb is desperate to
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