We constantly hear Google and Facebook are evil, but which do you think is worse and why?
Which is the most detrimental to your privacy: Facebook or Google?
- Thread starter Ink
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- Apr 1, 2019
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Facebook has shown much less value for security. Google may have more info, but so far seem to be more secure at least.
- Nov 19, 2012
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I really easy to avoid FB and its really difficult to avoid Google.
Google's primary business is your data, the hoarding, indexing and collecting of it. Yes they carry the most data about you, but being it their primary business it also means they want to have it secure. Which they have proven it to be the way they want to go, of course there are cracks and annoyances (we all know them) or even simply lawbreaking collections of it. But when push comes to shove they want it secure, so they can make use of it for as long as possible.
Whereas Facebook has proven itself to disregard any such measures and just blatantly collects everything they can and even decides how your data is "perceived" regardless of intentions or need of it. Especially personal information such as contacts, phone numbers, geo-location coordinates etc... Therefore, I personally find Facebook to be the more detrimental party to your data and privacy than Google is.
Whereas Facebook has proven itself to disregard any such measures and just blatantly collects everything they can and even decides how your data is "perceived" regardless of intentions or need of it. Especially personal information such as contacts, phone numbers, geo-location coordinates etc... Therefore, I personally find Facebook to be the more detrimental party to your data and privacy than Google is.
- Jul 2, 2020
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google for sure. Name one info or permission that google doesn't ask for...none. Especially on android phones.
Always something kinda scandalous keeping these two in the news. It's FLoC and Google today, now it's Facebook's turn tomorrow seems like.
Can't decide--both seem pretty grubby to me.
Can't decide--both seem pretty grubby to me.
- Jan 27, 2018
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Agree and agree. Personally its easy to avoid one of them, I don't use Facebook or any form of social media.
Google. It's got its hooks into almost every facet of the web, and there's no way to avoid it without turning the web into a nonfunctional mess.
Facebook's presence is sparse in comparison, and easy to avoid. From my experience, it's third-party integrations are never used for genuine functionality, and its own services can be easily replaced with alternatives if need-be.
Facebook's presence is sparse in comparison, and easy to avoid. From my experience, it's third-party integrations are never used for genuine functionality, and its own services can be easily replaced with alternatives if need-be.
- Apr 1, 2019
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Facebook keeps profiles on people who don’t even have accounts as I understand it. Part of their advertising system.
- Aug 2, 2020
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If you want to see who has been tracking you the most online
you can do this with DuckDuckGo's Privacy Essentials extension.
you can do this with DuckDuckGo's Privacy Essentials extension.
The results are as expected, regardless of personal opinion. Google analytics, ads platform, gmail intergration etc... Is just too easy to incorporate and makes most sense for the average website/personal-blog user. Though depending on where you live and habits, Amazon and Facebook might swap places for some.
- May 26, 2014
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Facebook isnt that easy to avoid like it was mentioned here, it has hooks everywhere too and it is profiling users that arent using its services via their colleagues, friends and whatsoever.
Facebook machine learning is always stalking you, even if you never ever have used the internet, thats how nasty it is, blame your less concerned privacy oriented peers.
Google is pretty nasty too, but at least for now it has a solid reputation for dealing with your sensitive data and its privacy policy seems pretty transparent and legit to me, you cant say the same for Facebook.
So all for all I would always choose Google to deal with my data, Facebook is pure cancer.
Relevant info:
research.fb.com
https://research.fb.com/wp-content/...budget-optimization-in-online-advertising.pdf (look at the expertise level of those guys)
Facebook machine learning is always stalking you, even if you never ever have used the internet, thats how nasty it is, blame your less concerned privacy oriented peers.
Google is pretty nasty too, but at least for now it has a solid reputation for dealing with your sensitive data and its privacy policy seems pretty transparent and legit to me, you cant say the same for Facebook.
So all for all I would always choose Google to deal with my data, Facebook is pure cancer.
Relevant info:
Publications - Meta Research
research.fb.com
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- Jun 14, 2011
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Hard choice here but my vote goes to Facebook.
Simply because it is more addictive and can be harmful to your well being in real life.
Simply because it is more addictive and can be harmful to your well being in real life.
- Aug 12, 2015
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Easy—Facebook.
As much as I hate data collection, I have to say, I trust Google more than Facebook. Google lets me choose what I want saved and deletes data automatically after certain period of time. There aren't such settings on Facebook; it keeps collecting your "interests" and only lets you delete them manually. Security also has important place here; I don't remember last time Google had issues regarding privacy as Facebook. Facebook privacy scandals are becoming yearly thing.
As much as I hate data collection, I have to say, I trust Google more than Facebook. Google lets me choose what I want saved and deletes data automatically after certain period of time. There aren't such settings on Facebook; it keeps collecting your "interests" and only lets you delete them manually. Security also has important place here; I don't remember last time Google had issues regarding privacy as Facebook. Facebook privacy scandals are becoming yearly thing.
- May 13, 2017
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They work together, that answers the question. When I buy an item, I see ADs for it in FB and Google ADs.
www.businessinsider.com
Facebook and Google have been accused of striking a secret, illegal advertising deal
The lawsuit claims Google gave Facebook unfair privileges to stop the social-media giant from getting into an area of adtech called "header bidding."
www.businessinsider.com
Yep, both covered in the same grubby muck, though any actual relationship between the two was always kind of nebulous. Nice article--puts a lot of vague speculations into sharper focus.
Google. i can stop using facebook, but can't stop using android.
and i can't get a google-free browsing experience without functionality issues in most sites.
and i can't get a google-free browsing experience without functionality issues in most sites.
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- Aug 2, 2020
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You don't need to have a FB account or use FB in order to be tracked by FB.
Yes, Facebook Watches People Who Don't Have an Account
Facebook scoops up users' data as they navigate across the internet, but its far from the only one.
www.newsweek.com
Google however are the biggest trackers period.
Google Is Tracking You On 86% Of The Top 50,000 Websites On The Planet
That’s over twice as many as Facebook.
www.forbes.com
- Dec 30, 2012
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