Matrix Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 In brief: Which tech company do you think people trust least when it comes to protecting their data? According to a recent survey, the answer is Facebook, unsurprisingly. 2018 has seen the social network experience a series of privacy scandals and data breaches, helping it become the most untrusted firm—and by a massive margin. Consumer research company Toluna surveyed 1000 people earlier this month to discover which tech companies they distrust the most with their information. Topping the list was Facebook, which took a massive 40 percent of the vote. Both Twitter and Amazon, which came equal second, were on just 8 percent each. Uber, which previously had a reputation for using unethical business practices such as the Greyball program, came fourth. And despite the Google+ data breach, only 6 percent of participants said they distrusted the tech giant. Netflix came away cleanest, with less than 1 percent of those surveyed saying they didn’t trust the streaming service with their data. Facebook’s position at the top was pretty much expected. The company has had what is undoubtedly its worse year since inception. Cambridge Analytica, data sharing with Chinese manufacturers, breaches, exposing user photos, and special arrangements with firms including Spotify and Netflix have seen more users leaving, all while damaging the public’s perception of the firm. Facebook's stock price throughout 2018 Facebook’s scandal-filled 2018 has seen its stock price fall from around $180 to $124—its lowest point this year. As a result, around $15 billion has been wiped from Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth, which is more than anyone else on Bloomberg’s top 500 rich list. Original Article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The AchieVer Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 As expected.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp68terr Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Does it mean that other tech companies are trusted? Nope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jogs Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Yet users have more detail about their life on FB than any other site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Jogs said: Yet users have more detail about their life on FB than any other site. I don't know about this if you use and im or email and don't use Facebook then all your data belongs to the other tech giant. Its like if you use Skype instead and have cybersex then M$ has this info. Before Facebook existed Yahoo and others had a record of everything you done and years latter Yahoo was sued for email leaks and they worked with the FBI on busting many on Yahoo messenger . MSN messenger chatrooms were shut down because of it being a hangout for pedos . Data Breaches existed all along just in recent years they made laws against it and are making even more laws in the future about invading peoples privacy. Snapchat is another one were they do a lot of crazy things on and Snapchat has all this data . Unless your using open source encryption when chating were you can see it don't have a backdoor its not safe , no unencrypted messenger or social media site can be trusted because you can't read the code, And none that are not encrypted can be trusted at all because you agreed to hand your data over in the terms of service you get what you signed up for . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisam Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 7 hours ago, Jogs said: Yet users have more detail about their life on FB than any other site. The only difference between FB and all the other tech companies managing user's data is that people provide FB VOLUNTARILY all their personal information while the others "steal" it. By the way, I find most other "social media" as invasive, inquisitive and treacherous managing users' data as Facebook, with the only difference that their MISMANAGING data are less known. By the way, it is not mentioned if "Microsoft" item includes LINKEDIN, another social media where people provide HAPPILY many of their transcendent personal data. 4 hours ago, steven36 said: They don't steal your info are they could be sued That's obvious and that's why I wrote it in quotes... Just try to get any "account" without accepting their terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 43 minutes ago, luisam said: The only difference between FB and all the other tech companies managing user's data is that people provide FB VOLUNTARILY all their personal information while the others "steal" it. By the way, I find most other "social media" as invasive, inquisitive and treacherous managing users' data as Facebook, with the only difference that their MISMANAGING data are less known. By the way, it is not mentioned if "Microsoft" item includes LINKEDIN, another social media where people provide HAPPILY many of their transcendent personal data. They don't steal your info are they could be sued, when you sign up for such services you agree to it and all of them have a clause in there terms that they can be updated at anytime . When you install windows you agree to it when you sign up up for gmail you agree to it . Back in 2015 when windows 10 1st came out it was posted on all the news sites about what a privacy nightmare you agree too. That's why they have apps like O&O shut up . Facebook or Gmail both use to not be like they are today i stop using them back in 2011 when they updated there terms of services saying they was going do all this data harvesting. Even one of the warez sites i visit has a privacy policy saying they collect data from cookies and what not and if you use there site you agree to it regardless if you read it or not . most all filelocker sites have them too, even many say they will turn your info over to the cops if asked..The problem is people never bother to read the terms of services and sites like Google , Microsoft and Facebook have pages and pages of them you would need to sit down with a lawyer to even understand it all, there not stealing, there just deceiving users because most people just agree to use anything without reading there privacy policy ., Privacy Policy LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy Even Github another site M$ bought they be spying on millions of projects even though most stuff on Github is opensource , Github is a closed source site and can't be trusted for privacy. Github be working with the NSA all the time. https://government.github.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VW2 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 You should take the hearings in the US and Europe not lightly; all what Mr Zuckerberg had as reply was "Sorry"; a meager excuse. I do not believe at all he was unaware of the sales of the data; what else does he earn his $. In the end this facebook thing is in principle a totally childish principle of communicating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BioHazard Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 It wasn’t a big surprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JokeR_XP Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Who is surprised? 🤫 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I'm just waiting for FaceBook to die. I hope it does. Other people IRL are asking my why I don't have a FaceBook account, and they also criticize me for it. If or when FaceBook dies, I can finally tell them "F**k you, that's why." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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