Lauren WeinsteinDec 11, 2022

Someone just mentioned the differences between #Twitter and #Google regarding user data. Yes, indeed.

I've worked inside #Google twice. Their explicit rules, approvals, logging and "need to know" requirements for access to user data are most impressive. Anyone even attempting to access user data inappropriately is fired and marched out the door by security. This is part of why I have a great deal of trust in Google, and consider Elon's #Twitter to be utterly untrustworthy and totally beneath contempt.

Show threadTom StonehamDec 11, 2022

@lauren I am told by a Facebook insider that same was/is true there.

But the problem is: why do you have something in the first place if it needs such protection?

Surely true #DataPrivacy means don't collect rather than don't misuse.

Once it has been collected, the user has lost their privacy even if *you* don't misuse it. It's all about power.

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@tomstoneham @lauren I'm at meta, and it's true. Access is strictly regulated and tracked. You don't get to see people's data if you don't have a use for it. And if you do you are watched and logged. They keep it safe.

Maybe not altruistic, because it is their profit base.

Show threadSteveDec 11, 2022
@ATLeagle @tomstoneham @lauren
My impression is that Facebook guards user data not to protect users' privacy but because user data are the company's crown jewels of trade secrets
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@Steve98052 @tomstoneham @lauren manipulation and use of the data is really the competitive advantage, but owning the data is the foundation. No one new can compete with the backstory of our lives that meta owns.
Show threadTom Stoneham
@ATLeagle @Steve98052 @lauren
Unless they have a different business model?
Dec 12, 2022 at 7:31amWeb