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▲ educar 2 hours ago

I suspect you are projecting. This is not every tech company, not even remotely close. Maybe the big Silicon Valley companies have misled you into thinking that other software companies don't exist.

▲nomilk an hour ago | parent [-]

How many companies can you name whose staff certainly cannot access your data?

I thought I could name one (GitHub), but after checking, they can (e.g. if requested by law enforcement etc).

Therefore, the total I can name is 0.

▲nolok 7 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

At least the last three I worked or consulted at, though I'm in Europe.

It really goes a long way when the law stop saying "it's not nice if" and starts saying "if you can even if you don't then you're guilty".

▲educar 35 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I didn't think that your comment was about data access. I thought your comment was about the callous remarks by zuck. Most of the companies I work with treat customer data with extreme care and sensitivity and don't throw it around like silicon valley ad tech does.

▲latexr 14 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There is a gulf of difference between accessing your data to comply with the law and accessing your data (and giving it away to friends!) for no reason, while being so nefarious about it that you call people “dumb fucks” and mock them for even believing you’d treat the data properly and then spend years proving that you’re trustworthy, while at the same time showing complete understanding of the harm you’re causing by being yourself so private that you buy the houses next to yours and keep them empty.

▲customguy 33 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

How many can you name with something like 'They "trust me" Dumb fucks.'?

The question was not "could the do all shitty things if they were scummy assholes", but "are they all scummy assholes".

▲nomilk 18 minutes ago | parent [-]

Totally fair to be annoyed/outraged by this. What I argue is that ~every company has that attitude (Zuck just said the quiet part out loud). Like, we're only kidding ourselves if we think most companies' employees can't peek at our data on whim, or that most companies don't share it with third parties, and probably also (possibly secretly) with government.