Tech Company Trust Issues

The cluster focuses on widespread distrust in tech companies and third parties regarding user data privacy, anonymization, and potential abuses, with debates on whether to trust software providers or services like Mozilla and Stripe.

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Sample Comments

giuliomagnifico Jul 25, 2023 View on HN

You put to much trust in companies :)

sanjiva Jun 9, 2021 View on HN

Its going to be harder to trust any app now. Who knows who's behind it?

quadrangle Jul 26, 2018 View on HN

It's a trust issue. Too many companies cannot be trusted to make software that truly, effectively, anonymizes data before it leaves your device. I trust Mozilla, but I understand others don't. And it's part of the way that we lose trust in general when abuse is so common.

dangoodmanUT May 21, 2023 View on HN

Why should I trust someone with my data that can't even manage this lmao

andrewstuart Apr 22, 2020 View on HN

You're expecting people to trust Stripe.The problem is that there's not much reason left to trust tech companies by default.

betawaffle Mar 1, 2018 View on HN

You don't need to trust the third parties, that's the point.

Dah00n Dec 12, 2023 View on HN

Sure, trust in a third party that has a good reputation versus the company itself that says "trust us". Big difference.

krapp Sep 22, 2017 View on HN

I can't speak for anyone else, but if it were me, I wouldn't expect anyone to trust me enough to use it, so why bother?

version_five Mar 26, 2022 View on HN

Ok understood. I guess it shows how much trust you are putting in an org by using their software, (and anecdotally how apparently willing people are to break that trust)

jessaustin Feb 25, 2015 View on HN

Never trusting the server seems equivalent to never using an online service. This isn't helpful.