Facebook is said to be covered by the press more than Microsoft these days (although these two companies are not separable). It is often covered negatively because of its controversial behaviour (for instance, Facebook is censoring dissent). It was recently revealed that Facebook starts spreading people's telephone numbers around (and this sort of data is possibly being sold to other companies), so German regulators stepped in and one reader suggested that we share this new article which claims that "Facebook is being overrun by scam surveys, fake applications and bum links, according a new report by an Internet security firm. And it's getting worse by the day as scammers figure out clever new ways to trick unsuspecting users."
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walterbyrd
2011-01-27 14:49:25
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2011-01-27 15:00:04
twitter
2011-01-28 05:16:10
That being said, I agree that Facebook is a larger problem than Google is. Facebook's only purpose is to spy on people and most of the benefits come from being on a network. They have invited people to share things that should not be shared with third parties and they routinely betray users to employers, advertisers and others who pay. Google ,on the other hand, offers a service or two that independent value, indexing information, maps, email service etc, all following sane standards. Google's social networks and groups are mostly there to facilitate public publishing and sharing, rather than the exchange of private information. I can send encrypted mail through Google's servers, so privacy is possible through them. Google does not need to spy to survive. Facebook is inherently evil, as is Microsoft, Google is not.