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> Now imagine them selling this data to the highest bidders. A bit of a moot point, because Google not selling it is their business model. What Google might st
by dom0 10y ago
> Now imagine them selling this data to the highest bidders.
A bit of a moot point, because Google not selling it is their business model. What Google might start selling pretty soon are predictions about people (and in some way they already do it) - but never the underlying data.
If Google starts failing, then I'd become really worried though. If they're desperate enough they might just sell the data off (at their own loss of course, but a business fighting for survival will go to any lengths possible...)
- Bartweiss 10y agoI think the breakdown has four/five key cases that need to be considered to 'trust' someone with your data. 1. Day to day use of data. (Google does pretty well here). 2. Collapse/failure behavior. (Will they sell it? If not, will they securely delete it as they close up shop?) 3. Breach risk. (Heartbleed was bad news, but Google is no worse than anyone.) 4. Abuse risk. (Police databases might have noble motives, but people keep stalking exes with them.) 5. Government access. (Ugh.) Google's data ownership does better on that checklist than most people, but no one offers full safety with that list.