AOL can not be trusted
Yahoo | at | by Mike
Consumers are more distrustful of AOL Time Warner Inc. than arch rival Microsoft Corp., which has been the target of competitive concerns for years, according to a Gartner Inc. survey of adult online users released Thursday, AOL Time Warner, which prides itself on consumer privacy and security issues, is the least trusted company on the Web when compared with banks, brokerages, credit card companies, online bookseller Amazon.com Inc., large retailers and Microsoft, the survey found. About 37 percent of online consumers said they had a high level of distrust of AOL Time Warner, compared with 29 percent who said they were highly distrustful of Microsoft.