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Comment by AstralStorm

Wrong, in real life random conversations are not recorded for an unspecified time.

The databases you mention have serious judicial requirements (in EU) and no free access by a company. Leaks of course happen, but they are treated seriously and are news items.

If Google had a breach, they'd do the same as everyone: cover it up or PR it down and fix it. They won't go bankrupt over even a string of break-ins.

There is less reason to trust them as they are an American company. In fact NSA had free reign over their data at some time and they didn't know about it.

While I would trust them much more than a random startup, trusting their database handling is different. Local, non collated data is often safest. Plus you're not a big target as a single person most of the time.

parent AstralStorm 10 years ago

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