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

[pir.livejournal.com]

annoyed by the unwanted imposing new feature you had to click away

Here, let me refund your fees for using gmail for the last month :)

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

I think everybody I know has reported the same reaction: "What's that? Piss off, I want my email". Maybe this will have some impact on its success.

[astatine210.livejournal.com]

I use Gmail over IMAP, so I've no idea what people are complaining about.

[missdiane.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised that google would put something on that had such a privacy risk - they're usually better than that.

Thanks for the tip on turning it off.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for that, I hadn't seen it yet but I shall go now and turn it off pre-emptively.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Many thanks for pointing this out - I REALLY wish Google wouldn't roll stuff like this out with the default set to on.

[themadone.livejournal.com]

I turned it on, but it didn't auto-follow anyone. It gave me a list of suggestions, but I just ignored them and I still have 0 people I'm following.