Comments on: Poll: Who Do You Trust More, Google or Facebook?

By: Sergey's Mom

Sergey's Mom — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:36:12 +0000

“The study asked 6,486 adult-aged U.S. consumers which companies they thought were most trustworthy and which did the best job safeguarding personal information. A total of 706 companies were named by consumers; 211 made the final list of most trusted companies.”

This ranking is meaningless – using it as a foundation for discussion of trustworthiness is laughable.

By: charmedlover

charmedlover — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:10:18 +0000

Depends, I trust Google most not to give the government any of my information. With my own personal data, I probably trust Microsoft or Apple more because they don’t seem to collect much of that. As a whole, it seems Google is all about taking our info and giving us great *free* products in return.

By: roosevelt

roosevelt — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:36:16 +0000

Believe it or not, Amazon is more reliable because they collect the least of your information ;).

I could be wrong but so far they asked for the least of my private information.

By: dazzclub

dazzclub — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:39:15 +0000

Seems like choosing the lesser of two evils…

Regardless of how both companies portray themselves as the face of internet freedom..information for all….Bottom line is there’s money to be made and that’s what they are doing. For that alone I do not trust any of them.

If I had to choose, it will be Amazon, they only want to know my shopping habits and Yahoo…well because they seem to be struggling to stay alive..so i dont mind helping struggling animal…then letting go before it bites me.

By: Hierophant

Hierophant — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:39:45 +0000

For a company that has no regard for international copyright or individual privacy, a lot of people in the poll here place their trust in Google.

By: Stormrider

Stormrider — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:17:22 +0000

I’m losing trust in google recently. I trust Amazon the most out of that list, and probably Apple the least.

By: Glendi

Glendi — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:19:18 +0000

Google couldn’t even bother to change their browser privacy policy, they suck.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:11:58 +0000

I don’t see how anyone can trust Facebook more than Google. All the other companies have a vested interest in selling you something. Google and Facebook offer a service, and when you read the terms of service behind Facebook you realize that they ask you to give up EVERYTHING. Google at least understands that it needs to maintain consumers’ trust in order to keep people coming back.

By: Stevie D

Stevie D — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:39:52 +0000

It’s a difficult one – there were several options I could have picked, but in the end I went for Facebook. However, I am very careful about what information and access I allow there … because I don’t trust all the application developers. The people behind Facebook itself, I do trust, but I remain suspicious of some of the third parties that use the site. How do you classify that on a scale of trust?

By: PatrickSamphire

PatrickSamphire — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:25:37 +0000

Google is a frustrating case. They give us so much great stuff, from Analytics through to search, maps and so on. But at the same time, they appear to be turning into a monster. I’m losing my trust in them, while hoping they’ll pull it back together, because they’re a fantastic company in so many ways.