6 Ways Google Buzz's Terrible Privacy Constraints Can Screw the Queers
http://www.queerty.com/6-ways-google-buzzs-terrible-privacy-constraints-can-screw-the-queers-20100215/Debuting last week, Google Buzz is the search giant's new product competing with Twitter and Facebook. With tens of millions of Gmail accounts, Google harnessed its massive user base to create its own real-time feed of status updates, photo uploads, and link shares. It also completely violated Gmail users' privacy. By automatically enrolling them in Buzz, Google turned what you thought were your personal communications and relationships into a bulletin board for all the world wide web to see. Some 72 hours into their experiment, Google finally offered a way to put the kibosh on unintended oversharing. But for many, it was too late.
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Your mom just learned about your interest in gender reassignment surgery. Because Buzz auto-links your Google Reader account, any links to blogs or websites you've favorited or shared with friends via the RSS product just went public. Including links to surgeons in the area and hormone therapy treatments.
