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> When I told Mr. Tan that I was alarmed to see my Airbnb messages and Yelp orders in the hands of a company I’d never heard of before, he responded by saying t
by brianpgordon 7y ago
> When I told Mr. Tan that I was alarmed to see my Airbnb messages and Yelp orders in the hands of a company I’d never heard of before, he responded by saying that Sift doesn’t sell or share any of the data it has with third parties.
What a line to say with a straight face. They are the third party that he's uncomfortable sharing his data with!
- 0-_-0 7y agoAnd the first party in the situation is being referred to as the third party.
- llamataboot 7y agoWith what we know about the likelihood of major data breaches, even if you liked Sift, and thought their purposes were noble, you would have to admit that they are one big sitting duck for a targeted hack that could provide you with massive amounts of aggregated information on an individual.
- Ambele 7y agoCould Sift be the next Equifax?
- jeffdavis 7y agoI have all of your personal data. But it's OK; I don't share it with anyone outside the Milky Way Galaxy. At least, it will take a while for our radio transmissions to reach that far. By the time it does reach another galaxy it will be a part of history.