Comments on: Google quiet on social network privacy

By: firethorn

firethorn — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:03:00 +0000

The big difference is that even if you are dumb enought to give someone your FB credentials, they only have access to your social network data; big whoop. You’re not living your entire life on there, do you? DO YOU? Yeah, anyway you should never give up that much personal freedom in the first place, but…

The G+ credentials are the same that log you into your GMail account, GWallet account etc. etc. If requesting access to someone’s private email correspondence isn’t illegal, I don’t know what is.

By: whoisjoker

whoisjoker — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:31:00 +0000

LOL, i think the privacy policy is alright, the thing is we should not give any kind of passwords to anyone in the first place

By: mrtt

mrtt — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 02:35:00 +0000

Craig,I like your attitude. You are just the kind of privacy advocate that would probably be interested in ThreadThat dot com. Explore it. I created it and I think you’ll like it.

By: TehGoldenRule

TehGoldenRule — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:49:00 +0000

I agree. I’d lie if I really wanted the job. If it was drive-by applying I’d tell them to screw themselves. The thing with Facebook though is that you can search for users, so the employer could possible tell that you were lying about not having an account. I’d have to test this but I don’t have a Facebook account to configure settings in.

By: TehGoldenRule

TehGoldenRule — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:48:00 +0000

Big difference when Facebook says that asking for a password is a violation of their terms of service. “Sharing or SOLICITING an account password a violation of its terms &
conditions, threatening legal action to anyone found doing so.” This is Facebook threatening to sue companies that demand a password from Facebook users. Google will never follow suit as they like their spy machine as is. Another posters comments about employers asking for credit checks being wrong also is dead on accurat

By: Timothy Dailey

Timothy Dailey — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:44:00 +0000

What kind of idiot would even consider giving access to anyone to their accounts? What right does a company have to even ask/demand such a thing. I guess this is what happens ( a million “I-told-you-so’s” go out right here, right now!!! hahahahaha), when the sheople give their freedoms up so readily to allow open and free drug testing for more and more reasons, smoking prohibition, etc. The sheople want to be led. Idiots. What a crock of sheet!

By: TehGoldenRule

TehGoldenRule — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:24:00 +0000

By: Yachtdivers

Yachtdivers — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:22:00 +0000

if you dont think that FB is in all shit, you are sadly mistaken…….

By: Tt

Tt — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:04:00 +0000

test

By: Shridevi Gaddam

Shridevi Gaddam — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:53:00 +0000

Appreciate Facebook’s support for individual privacy.

By: Shridevi Gaddam

Shridevi Gaddam — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:53:00 +0000

Appreciate Facebook’s support for Individual Privacy. Google should follow suit.

By: Charles Jones

Charles Jones — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:43:00 +0000

Google needs to go back to search, and stay there. People only need so many social sites, and Facebook is the Windows XP of social, just like Google is the google of search.

By: lj_68

lj_68 — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:41:00 +0000

Technically, they’re not supposed to run a credit check on you unless your job deals with money or financials or bad credit would pose a security risk i.e. law enforcement et all. I’ve had some pretty good jobs where a criminal background check was run but no credit check because I wouldn’t be dealing with money.

By: Dave Wu

Dave Wu — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:40:00 +0000

What person would want to work at a place with such whacked policies?

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:27:00 +0000

I find it more likely that Google doesn’t need to because it already has such a policy. A statement denouncing the practice would be nice though. I’m pretty sure it says in there somewhere, “Don’t give out your password.” and also pretty sure that it doesn’t say, “except for prospective employers”. The correct response to such a query is, “I don’t have such an account.” or “OMG, how embarrassing for you to have to make such a request. What kind of unscrupulous, un-American organization would ask people for something like that? Denied, of course.”

No… I take it all back. This question SHOULD be asked. If they give you the answer, then you know they can’t be trusted with their own security let alone your company’s.

By: NotOnFB

NotOnFB — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:10:00 +0000

The ACLU should also step in and deal with employers who run credit checks on prospective employees. To me, that is just as much an invasion of privacy, but Americans have stood idly by and allowed employers to use this very prejudicial information to make hiring decisions. It’s absolutely disgusting the way lower and middle class America has rolled over for the upper class elite and corporate CEO’s to take advantage of technology in order to discriminate. Wouldn’t it be great if we had access to the credit scores of our presidents, our senators or the heads of automakers and Wall Street firms so that we could make decisions about whether or not to elect them or do business with them or even to bail them out. Perhaps it’s about time we spoke up!

By: Sillyguy__

Sillyguy__ — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:05:00 +0000

I have already cancelled my membership in Google because of their privacy policy changes. I advise everyone to.

By: Craig Hinkle

Craig Hinkle — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:02:00 +0000

I don’t care much for GOOGLE or Facebok, I got rid of it .. Like alot of things , I can CLICK you off…

I feel like Privacy should be 100% in your control..

If you’re not in control of your privacy , then it’s a scary future …. Because 10 years from now you might have little to NO privacy …

By: Craig Hinkle

Craig Hinkle — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:02:00 +0000

I don’t care much for GOOGLE or Facebok, I got rid of it .. Like alot of things , I can CLICK you off…

I feel like Privacy should be 100% in your control..

If you’re not in control of your privacy , then it’s a scary future …. Because 10 years from now you might have little to NO privacy …