Now this is a very interesting twist. Of the list of companies, the biggies are up there. This is a
very surprising list from EFF.
I would normally disregard marketing fluff, but I'm pretty sure EFF doesn't have any other motivation.
The six categories: Requires a warrant for content; Tells users about government data requests; Publishes transparency reports; Publishes law enforcement guidelines Fights for users' privacy rights; in courts; Fights for users'; privacy rights in Congress
Perfect Scores:• Apple 6 stars. Change from 2013: 5 stars. (Tie)
• Yahoo: 6 stars. Change from 2013: 5 stars. (Tie)
• Facebook: 6 stars. Change from 2013: 3 stars.
• Microsoft: 6 stars. Change from 2013: 2 stars.
• Google: 6 stars. Change from 2013: 1 star. (Tie)
• Dropbox: 6 stars. Change from 2013: 1 star. (Tie)
Wall of Shame:• Adobe: 3 stars. Change from 2013: N/A.
• Comcast: 3 stars. Change from 2013: 1 star.
• Foursquare: 3 stars. Change from 2013: -1 star.
• MySpace: 3 stars. Change from 2013: 0 stars.
• Amazon: 2 stars. Change from 2013: 0.
• AT&T: 2 stars. Change from 2013: 1 star.
• Snapchat: 1 star. Change from 2013: N/A.
(Mods, if wrong forum, then feel free to move - but my guess is that we Linux users are a little better equipped and aware of privacy concerns).