Test 'reveals Facebook, Twitter and Google snoop on emails'

[Jesus Malverde]

Facebook, Twitter and Google have been caught snooping on messages sent across their networks, new research claims, prompting campaigners to express concerns over privacy.

The findings emerged from an experiment conducted following revelations by US security contractor Edward Snowden about government snooping on internet accounts.

Cyber-security company High-Tech Bridge set out to test the confidentiality of 50 of the biggest internet companies by using their systems to send a unique web address in private messages.

Experts at its Geneva HQ then waited to see which companies clicked on the website.
During the ten-day operation, six of the 50 companies tested were found to have opened the link.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2407949/Test-reveals-Facebook-Twitter-Google-snoop-emails-Study-net-giants-spurs-new-privacy-concerns.html

[greyl]

1. Misleading as hell excerpt and dumb 'test'.

One of the commenters at the link saving me time:

Sorry, but this is absolutely flawed "testing" by people who don't understand the technology. Do you really think with the billions and billions of email sent every day that they have a group of interns sitting in a basement reading them one at a time? The reason those were detected as being 'opened' with the test of putting in a unique link is because the emails ARE opened - by automated virus scanners. They scan links looking for phishing sites and links to malware. I work for a small ISP and administer a mail system. This IS what happens. These "testers" should immediately recant their "results" and offer an apology for being utterly incompetent.

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