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> they can get hacked To elaborate on this a bit, it might not even be necessary for them to get hacked from the outside. It's certainly not impossible for a m
by slowpoke 15y ago
> they can get hacked
To elaborate on this a bit, it might not even be necessary for them to get hacked from the outside. It's certainly not impossible for a malicious Google or Facebook employee to acquire (and sell) data.
- danmaz74 15y agoIn Italy we had a pretty big scandal because people working with the main telecom operator sold a lot of calls data to businesses, lobbyists and such. This is a very concrete risk.
- lawnchair_larry 15y agoThere are public cases of this happening with both Google and Facebook. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/09/google-spy/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/09/google-spy/ http://gawker.com/5445592/why-you-shouldnt-trust-facebook-with-your-data-an-employees-revelations http://gawker.com/5445592/why-you-shouldnt-trust-facebook-wi...