Nearly a Third of Tech Workers Are Ready To #DeleteFacebook (betanews.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from BetaNews: A survey conducted in the wake of the #DeleteFacebook campaign that followed revelations about the data breach and the logging of Android users' calls and texts, found that a surprising number of tech workers were ready to delete their Facebook accounts. 31 percent backed the #DeleteFacebook campaign, including 50 percent of Microsoft workers, and 38 percent of Google workers. The survey -- conducted using the anonymous app Blind -- found that nearly a third of those questioned were planning to delete their Facebook accounts. In all, over 2,600 people were surveyed between March 20, 2018 and March 24, 2018, so it neatly took in the peak of the controversy. Broken down by company, the numbers make for interesting reading:

-50 percent of Microsoft employees said they will delete Facebook.
-46 percent of Snapchat employees said they would delete Facebook.
-40 percent of Uber employees said they would delete Facebook.
-38 percent of Google employees said they would delete Facebook.
-34 percent of Amazon employees said they would delete Facebook.
-2 percent of Facebook employees said they would delete Facebook.

Comments

Deceiving Ourselves

[Bruce Perens]

If most people who understand tech are like me, you never thought commercial social networks were a good idea, you joined them only reluctantly because lots of other people were on them and you needed them for business purposes, and you still have really mixed feelings about them.

However, the average person is eager to give away their privacy and can't be bothered to assure their own security.

So, aren't we kidding ourselves to think that anyone but us is going to delete Facebook?

Re: If you work in tech

[slazzy]

Same here, the only reason I have a Facebook account is to show potential employers I'm not too anti-social, I have cute dogs and some friends. Login once a year and like a few things. So far, I've gotten the jobs that I wanted to so I assume it works.

Re: If you work in tech

[Anonymous Coward]

I work in tech and am not on Facebook - for the sort of jobs I go for it's important to demonstrate to potential employers that I'm not stupid enough to be on Facebook.

Re: If you work in tech

[Anonymous Coward]

Friends come and go. They are supposed to. People who desperately try to hang on to everyone they ever knew are insecure losers who aren't good at meeting new people.

Re:If you work in tech

[darth.hunterix]

To poison their well. If you don't have an account they just shadow profile you and have only truthful data about you. If do have an account, you can create a lot of noise, which hides your genuine activities. Better yet, log from VM set up for that specific purpose to make tracking harder.

Remember:
1. The only way to hide is to blend in.
2. The best disinformation is too much information.
3. Offence is the best defence.