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Google Buzz Privacy Issues Have Real Life Implications Google Buzz Privacy Issues Have Real Life Implications ● Tech ● Gadgets ● Mobile ● Enterprise ● CrunchBase ● Disrupt 2010 ● More ● About ● ● Advertise ● ● Archives ● ● Company Index ● ● Contact ● ● Events ● ● Jobs ● Subscribe: ● Trends TechCrunch Disrupt Is Coming May 24-26 » ● Featured Posts Google Buzz Privacy Issues Have Real Life Implications by Robin Wauters on Feb 12, 2010 ● 148 Comments ● ● Share Social Location Merging something 215 http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/12/google-buzz-privacy/ (1 of 37) [3/8/2010 8:59:11 AM] Google Buzz Privacy Issues Have Real Life Implications designed for public Foursquare Just Made Your Location broadcasting (Buzz ) with History A Lot More Interesting » something inherently private (Gmail ) was just looking for trouble . Google is -deservedly – getting a lot of heat for the fact that its latest social product has a number of privacy flaws baked into it by design. NSFW They’ve since made some improvements to the product, but that’s not where the story ends. Hey, America! Our draconian copyright law could kick your draconian copyright law » Some people think the complaints are unwarranted and the issues not all that bad , while some think it’s mostly annoying and others don’t even know there are issues yet (or that Google launched something new at all). And then there those whose lives are already being impacted by the privacy loopholes in Google Buzz – and not all in a good way. See for example this story of an anonymous woman who writes a (self-proclaimed) feminist blog, which she started after leaving an abusive marriage. (found on Hacker News ) Hint: the title is ‘Fuck you, Google’. No Turning Back An excerpt: Andreessen’s Advice To Old Media: “Burn I use my private Gmail account to email my boyfriend and my mother. The Boats” » There’s a BIG drop-off between them and my other “most frequent” contacts. You know who my third most frequent contact is? My abusive ex-husband. Which is why it’s SO EXCITING, Google, that you AUTOMATICALLY allowed all my most frequent contacts access to my Reader, including all the comments I’ve made on Reader Just a taste items, usually shared with my boyfriend, who I had NO REASON to hide my current location or workplace from, and never did. Burbn’s Funding Goes Down Smooth. Baseline, Andreessen Back Stealthy You can read the rest of the story in the blog post, but needless to say this woman is justifiably Location Startup. » very angry with the Mountain View company. http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/12/google-buzz-privacy/ (2 of 37) [3/8/2010 8:59:11 AM] Google Buzz Privacy Issues Have Real Life Implications Now, I’m sure some of our readers will have an answer ready. That she should have changed this setting or not have touched that one, but that would be beside the point. Which is that even with the improvements that were made to the Buzz product, Google is confusing the hell out of people here – and make some lives hell for them to boot. Expect more stories like this. R.I.P. (Hat tip to Alex Kaminski , photo credit Flickr / sunside ) IE6 Laid To Rest. Pictures, Videos, And Flowers From Microsoft. » getminimizeGoogle Buzz widget Company: Google The CrunchBoard Website: buzz.google.com ● Jobs Launch February 9, 2010 ● Services Date: ● Software Engineer Google Buzz is a social network and sharing product built by Google. Based within Google Kakai Profiles, Buzz offers a stream of status updates, pictures, links, and videos from your friends. ● Principle Web UI Engineer - Art.com You can… Learn More Art.com Inc ● SR. 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Our draconian Upcoming stories from TechCrunch on Digg copyright law could kick your draconian ● 144 http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/12/google-buzz-privacy/ (3 of 37) [3/8/2010 8:59:11 AM] Google Buzz Privacy Issues Have Real Life Implications copyright law's ass OneGuyOneGirl Aims To Keep Online ● 149 comments Dating Simple ● ● Andreessen's Advice To Old Media: 4 Andreessen's Advice To Old Media: "Burn The Boats" Techcrunch on Facebook 115 comments Burn The Boatd ● Replicators, Innovators, and Bill Gates 3 NSFW:Our copyright law could kick 81 comments your copyright law's ass! ● OneGuyOneGirl Aims To Keep Online 1 Dating Simple Betting On The Oscars? Google Has 55 comments Super Docs template to use Powered by Digg's Users ● Zynga Cofounder Andrew Trader Out 55 comments Advertisement ● ● ● ● Comments ● Cezz - February 12th, 2010 at 6:05 am UTC It is very bad practice, OK to work off a case of suggestive follow then fine but to actually Auto- follow is not acceptable and Google do need to fix this yesterday. reply ❍ Amit Bhawani - February 12th, 2010 at 6:40 am UTC Atleast this specific lady had a very bad issue with the new Buzz and auto info sharing option reply http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/12/google-buzz-privacy/ (4 of 37) [3/8/2010 8:59:11 AM] Google Buzz Privacy Issues Have Real Life Implications Scientia Magazine - February 13th, 2010 at 7:07 pm UTC Privacy is always required – either for good or bad reasons !! reply ■ lea - February 14th, 2010 at 12:07 am UTC With the ability to share status updates content both video, audio and articles, Google could change Web 2.0 and create a service bringing real time in line with Youtube, Gmail, Blogger as well as integrating Twitter and Facebook to allow Social Networking to reach new levels Reasons to use it: http://bit.ly/google-buzz-opinionated-debacle reply ■ Same as the lady in trouble - February 14th, 2010 at 5:50 am UTC I have the same issue as the lady. Why would you open doors to everyone? Is this a newspaper? Whoever handled privacy issues in this product????? reply ■ realityindreams - March 3rd, 2010 at 5:56 am UTC classic! “Is this a newspaper?” When did our personal relationships and events become a “drama” or “tv series” that could be displayed so guiltlessly and casually to -anyone-??? these companies that are starting to dominate the world must really re-assess about the important values of human communication!! http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/12/google-buzz-privacy/ (5 of 37) [3/8/2010 8:59:11 AM] Google Buzz Privacy Issues Have Real Life Implications X_x reply ❍ :-O - February 12th, 2010 at 7:15 am UTC This is Google’s Facebook Beacon. Massive fail… And the first time someone, like this user with the abusive ex, gets hurt…or worse…killed…you can expect a legislative & litigious backlash against the Mothership. “F$@k you, Google, indeed.” reply ❍ Cotton - February 12th, 2010 at 9:11 am UTC How do you turn off Buzz? What ever happened to opting into services? Yahoo! did something similar (but different) in their mail client. Now when you send an email to someone, they show you recent updates from that persons other Yahoo! properties (flickr, profile etc.). These companies are actually doing more damage for information sharing than good. reply ■ pocket - February 12th, 2010 at 4:02 pm UTC Scroll to the very bottom of you gmail window and there is a TINY link which reads “Disable Buzz.” I already did… reply http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/12/google-buzz-privacy/ (6 of 37) [3/8/2010 8:59:11 AM] Google Buzz Privacy Issues Have Real Life Implications ■ The Sanctimommy - February 13th, 2010 at 7:07 am UTC That doesn’t actually disable any of Buzz’s features for anyone else. It just means you don’t see the little Buzz logo on your page. Your profile page is still public to anyone else: there is no way to turn that off. reply ■ David Poignand - February 13th, 2010 at 8:16 pm UTC I think you can make your Google Profile completely private, can’t you? ■ iPodsMakeZombies - February 13th, 2010 at 9:50 pm UTC Holy crap…well I found the turn off feature but if this is true that it only turns it off for me and not for people viewing me….I think I’ve had it with Google. I got really worried when the CEO said “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” That’s not the person I want with access to my private information… Looks like it’s time to start looking for alternatives to all things Google…. ■ lisa - February 20th, 2010 at 6:58 am UTC you can totally delete your Buzz profile. go into the settings and delete it. (note, this doesn’t delete your google profile, just Buzz.) ■ Same as the lady in trouble - February 14th, 2010 at 5:52 am UTC http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/12/google-buzz-privacy/ (7 of 37) [3/8/2010 8:59:11 AM] Google Buzz Privacy Issues Have Real Life Implications YES PLEASE PROVIDE “OPT-OUT” OPTION TO THOSE OF US WHO DO NOT NEED IT! reply ❍ PC - February 12th, 2010 at 9:22 am UTC There are the 2 points I’ve been making in my debates over buzz. 1) Email is private and between recipients. But Buzz is obviously open and broadcasting. To me, these products do not belong in the same spot.. at least not yet. It would be different if Buzz were under a separate interface or if Gmail was more of a new product instead of a solid product used for serious work.
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