Google Buzz

[karohemd]

Those of you who use Gmail were probably equally annoyed by the unwanted imposing new feature you had to click away before you could access your emails.
I had a quick look and didn't think it was anything exciting (or useful). raggedy_man has a good overview why here. Thankfully, I quickly discovered how to turn it off (it's at the bottom of the page, almost hidden).

Then this morning, I read this article about a serious privacy flaw and am I now glad I'd turned it off right away. Not that many people would look at my profile or that I'd had any important people in my contacts but it's a matter of principle.

Comments

[astatine210.livejournal.com]

Looks like it only gets switched on when you first set your profile up for it. It turns up in a fairly prominent checkbox the moment you try to do anything.