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Why on earth would you trust Facebook with your e-mails?

by antihero 16y ago

phlux 16y ago
Because they are all a bunch of "dumb fucks" to use the words of the founder of Facebook
- yid 16y ago
  No, you've got it wrong. He was referring to us.
  - phlux 16y ago
    Yeah - I was responding to "how can one trust facebook with email" -- because the users who would trust facebook are "dumb fucks" according to facebook's founder.
- ivan_ah 16y ago
  seriously -- this is a direct quote! http://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-ims-wont-help-facebooks-privacy-problems-2010-5 http://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-ims...
emmett 16y ago
Why wouldn't you? What in specific are you afraid Facebook will do that Google would not?
- Malcx 16y ago
  Change my privacy preferences on a whim without my permission?
  - emmett 16y ago
    This is about using Facebook as your email account. Are you really claiming that it's a reasonable fear Facebook will somehow make your emails public? This seems like pure knee-jerk "facebook = privacy problem" thought to me. I can't imagine Facebook making your emails public any more than I can imagine Google doing it.
    - Malcx 16y ago
      It's a trust issue. One of those companies has repeatedly broken my trust on a very important issue, the other not. I know gmail scans my message contents for contextual advertising, but it would never surprise me if facebook subsequently sold my email address to advertisers based on the content of messages, both current and historical.
thomasgerbe 16y ago
Why on earth would you trust PayPal/Mint/banks with money? Or Google with e-mail/search/browser data?
Xuzz 16y ago
Convenience. Facebook, for many people (myself somewhat included), has replaced email as the primary method of staying in touch. When email is only being used for website signups and a few similar, non-primary tasks, merging it into what you use all the time makes a reasonable amount of sense. (Honestly, but not part of the point above, I don't have any issues trusting Facebook and Google with my data. I find it much less likely they will be hit with a Sony than others, and any really private data I have wouldn't go into any hosted service.)
noahth 16y ago
why on earth would you trust anyone with anything? not saying I'm retiring my gmail account, just that there are plenty of ways that it might make sense for certain cases, despite some folks' knee-jerk inclination to distrust this one particular company.

Why on earth would you trust Facebook with your e-mails?

phlux 16y ago

Because they are all a bunch of "dumb fucks" to use the words of the founder of Facebook

yid 16y ago
No, you've got it wrong. He was referring to us.
- phlux 16y ago
  Yeah - I was responding to "how can one trust facebook with email" -- because the users who would trust facebook are "dumb fucks" according to facebook's founder.
ivan_ah 16y ago
seriously -- this is a direct quote! http://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-ims-wont-help-facebooks-privacy-problems-2010-5 http://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-ims...

emmett 16y ago

Why wouldn't you? What in specific are you afraid Facebook will do that Google would not?

Malcx 16y ago
Change my privacy preferences on a whim without my permission?
- emmett 16y ago
  This is about using Facebook as your email account. Are you really claiming that it's a reasonable fear Facebook will somehow make your emails public? This seems like pure knee-jerk "facebook = privacy problem" thought to me. I can't imagine Facebook making your emails public any more than I can imagine Google doing it.
  - Malcx 16y ago
    It's a trust issue. One of those companies has repeatedly broken my trust on a very important issue, the other not. I know gmail scans my message contents for contextual advertising, but it would never surprise me if facebook subsequently sold my email address to advertisers based on the content of messages, both current and historical.

thomasgerbe 16y ago

Why on earth would you trust PayPal/Mint/banks with money? Or Google with e-mail/search/browser data?

Xuzz 16y ago

Convenience. Facebook, for many people (myself somewhat included), has replaced email as the primary method of staying in touch. When email is only being used for website signups and a few similar, non-primary tasks, merging it into what you use all the time makes a reasonable amount of sense. (Honestly, but not part of the point above, I don't have any issues trusting Facebook and Google with my data. I find it much less likely they will be hit with a Sony than others, and any really private data I have wouldn't go into any hosted service.)

noahth 16y ago

why on earth would you trust anyone with anything? not saying I'm retiring my gmail account, just that there are plenty of ways that it might make sense for certain cases, despite some folks' knee-jerk inclination to distrust this one particular company.