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"Trust me, I'm a google employee, we're probably better than other companies!" Well I'm convinced.

• tehlike 8y ago
  I don't think i have a duty to convince you. I just know how the sausage is made, and saw practices from other companies. You choose. The alternative is not between "you protect it vs google will protect it". The discussion is "someone that's not me will protect the data" - who should it be - and google gets a headstart there - we have less mess ups than other large companies. That's it. I am not married to my employer. I do not get any compensation in doing so.
  • jlarocco 8y ago
    Framing the discussion that way is disingenuous, though. Most people don't realize the extent to which Google and Facebook track them and collect data, so they're not in a good position to say whether they trust them to protect the data or not. Google's essentially made the decision for them - they're "protecting" it because they've collected it.
    • joshuamorton 8y ago
      I'd agree. But I include most hn posters in the "most people" category. Everyone on this site overestimates tracking.
      • jlarocco 8y ago
        > Everyone on this site overestimates tracking. Do we, though? A lot of sites include third party Javascript, fonts, and CSS from Google servers, and it would be trivial for Google to use those requests for tracking purposes, and very useful for targeting ads.