Google vs X
Based on our analysis, Google is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | X | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | D · 26/100 | F · 24/100 |
| What they collect | Concern (8) | Concern (20) |
| Who they share it with | Mixed (42) | Concern (18) |
| What you can do | Mixed (58) | Concern (35) |
| What they promise | Mixed (55) | Concern (38) |
In plain English — Google
Google tracks almost everything you do online — every search, email, location, video, and website visit — across all their products and millions of third-party sites, then uses it to sell ads. They do give you unusually good tools to review and delete your data, but the defaults collect everything.
View full analysis →In plain English — X
X collects everything you do on and off the platform, infers your identity even when you're signed out, and explicitly allows third-party 'collaborators' to use your data to train their own AI models. There is no meaningful way to stop the core collection, your public posts are available via API for mass scraping, and security is disclosed only in the vaguest terms.
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