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[Ulu]

From Gizmodo....

Back when Google started deploying its little Street View cars around our neighborhoods, the company also ended up collecting about 600 GB of emails, passwords, and other payload data from unencrypted wifi networks in over 30 countries. In a 2010 blog, Google said the data collection was a “mistake” after a German data protection group asked to audit the data collected by the cars.
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Now maybe it was a mistake, but my question is "should we trust them in either event?"

I don't think we can afford to have our data collected by criminals or incompitants.

Google is getting too big for their britches.

 

[Ulu]

Google has settled for $13 million. Violations of Privacy

Meanwhile, Facebook has been fined $5 billion. Again, Privacy issues.

They're not the first and won't be the last. These problem trickle down thru most every online business.

If they never actually collect or intend to collect data illegally, they are still highly unlikely to be able to protect the legal data they do collect about us.

Look at the huge companies paying out over hacker data breaches, and they have massive IT budgets.

If someone hacks my pitiful site, the members are all hosed. Me too. There's no plan B.

 

[Fat Homer]

I’ve always said this to friends and family, as long as our data is valuable to companies, these same companies will keep data mining as much info as they can to keep up with market trends...

Coz user data is big money in this day and age of digital shopping...

 

[Ulu]

It's easy to ignore these things if you don't believe that we've just scratched the surface on personal data violations.
I predict many new inventions and schemes designed to cost you money, reputation, and more.

This is a global issue, and it attracts too little attention.

 

[Fat Homer]

Very true, people are very careless with their info online and in everyday life... thats why i personally am very careful how i use my info and what info i give out...

Its probably also the reason why i have 5 separate email accounts lol...

 

[Ulu]

Equifax is fined $700 million for their little screwup. With our data.

 

[Fat Homer]

Thats the main reason why FB is so worth so much and why so many companies want to own it...

With that user data not only can you target your customer base directly, but analyze buying habits, what they generally like down to what they eat and im sure in some cases peoples toilet habits as well...

Coz notice how much FB is fined vs all other companies so far...

 

[Ogertron3000]

One thing that shows how powerful Facebook is that here in Australia, after the mass shooting in the mosque in New Zealand a few months ago, any website that showed the footage in the following days such as 4chan and the like has now been blocked. Not by the government but by all the internet services. The only site that isn't blocked is facebook, even though this is the site that had the live stream of the massacre as it happened. I really don't get how the site that technically provided the footage for everyone else to access is the one that isn't penalised.

 

[Fat Homer]

One thing that shows how powerful Facebook is that here in Australia, after the mass shooting in the mosque in New Zealand a few months ago, any website that showed the footage in the following days such as 4chan and the like has now been blocked. Not by the government but by all the internet services. The only site that isn't blocked is facebook, even though this is the site that had the live stream of the massacre as it happened. I really don't get how the site that technically provided the footage for everyone else to access is the one that isn't penalised.

Seriously??? So cant access stuff like 4chan from anywhere inside Australia???

 

[Ogertron3000]

Seriously??? So cant access stuff like 4chan from anywhere inside Australia???

Apparently there are ways to do it with a VPN and stuff, there's a reddit thread explaining how to do it. Most of the chan sites and white supremacy type sites(not accurate description but can't think of a better term) are blocked by the telecommunications companies since a few days after the shooting.
I guess it won't be long until you will find out yourself that Australia is becoming a bit over governed these days, we call it "the nanny state"