To me, this is the right attitude towards this. Really? Are you more scared by your own democratic government than by facebook?
Besides i'm not even american, so whatever
Besides i'm not even american, so whatever
Plus, disliking and being wary of government is quintessentially American—it goes back to our roots as a country.
As an example that just popped into my head, look at DACA: a bunch of undocumented persons told the federal government about their undocumented status (in exchange for something good) and now that information can/will/may be used to deport them.
With the government, it cuts both ways.
Your answers were more about things the government can do to screw you over. It can do those things if your data is stored in Facebook as well: search warrants, compliance orders, subpoenas, etc. will all result in the government having access to your data unless strong encryption is used on your data (which, as we've seen with Apple, is still not enough sometimes).
I think (though I may be wrong) that the question had more to do with whether you trust this solution to be more secure against external/accidental breach than a solution offered by Facebook. I don't know the answer to that question, though.
> are you more scared about data security in an online identity provider provided by the government or Facebook et. al.?
Fair question. I'd still choose Facebook, mostly because they have an economic incentive not to screw it up. The government, on the other hand, has no such incentives. I mean, I trust both about as far as I can throw them, but at least one stays in business by practicing good security.