Comment on User data stolen from genetic testing giant 23andMe is now for sale on the dark web

Hovenko@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• ominouslemon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You can say whatever you like about Google invading privacy and generally spying on us, but they are probably the best tech company when it comes to security. They practically never get hacked

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  • SARGEx117@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Them not getting easily hacked =/= your data is safe in their hands.

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    • Hovenko@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Plot twist: It definitely isn’t.

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  • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Makes sense. They profit on our data, if they let it get stolen it will cut into their bottom line.

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  • FrostyTrichs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Companies have to know about an attack and announce it to the public for it to exist? For all anyone knows Google is littered with backdoors and zero days and the people responsible are smart enough to siphon off the data quietly. Nothing is safe online and we need to stop pretending Google wouldn’t downplay or sweep a breach under the rug to save face.

    Google shouldn’t be trusted with the data we give them in the first place.

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    • ominouslemon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Google shouldn’t be trusted with the data we give them in the first place.

      While I agree with this, I also must say that yes, EU law literally says that you have to disclose data breaches in 72 hours or something (can’t remember exactly how many). If something happened, we would probably know it

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  • Hovenko@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah… like it matters if your data gets thrown around anyway. They sell and share it with third parties without you knowing which and what security practices they use. I rather pay for a product that includes my privacy being protected.

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    • ominouslemon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Stop saying that Google and Meta etc “sell/share your data”. It’s just plain wrong and muddies the water and makes fighting them way more difficult. They sell access to the people from whom those data were taken, which is veeeery different.

      Data brokers sell data. Google, Meta etc do not sell data. It’s their biggest asset, why would they just give it away?

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      • Hovenko@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Dunno… heard something about a guy names Snowden?

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• elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Your comment implies that they get hacked all the time - which they don’t.

  But I see what you’re saying, since they themselves sell your data.

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  • Hovenko@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yes, that is what I meant. Google/Alphabet are companies living off selling personal data. That is a big no no no no nooo.

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