Monday 15 February 2010

Google Buzz - A stalker's best friend?

Still think that Google Buzz presents no real threat to privacy? Think again. According to the Guardian, it appears that trusting Buzz is a big mistake. As one young woman discovered, your most frequently used contacts suddenly gain access to just about everything you do as it relates to your Gmail account. 
What does this mean to you?
As the article points out, there is a great disconnect between the way Google Buzz does things and the way people expect it to work for them. Anything that is designed to share things without letting the user know, by default, is complete bunk. Seriously, Google needs to rethink their position on this and stop acting like Facebook with everything turned on by default.


How to turn Buzz off... 
(It is very simple!)

1 comment:

  1. Isn't that just horrid? One of my very tech-savvy coworkers told me he was poking around in it on his iphone, and there was something to do with "nearby users." He clicked on it, and all of a sudden a whole bunch of people showed on his screen, complete with addresses! WTF?!!

    I'm glad we can turn it off.

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