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Google privacy violation
- Thread starter oraclewizard77
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Quote from oraclewizard77:
I assumed that by NOT clicking on Google Buzz which creates a public link of all your e-mail clients so that they can follow you kind of like twitter, I would not be signed up for the service.
However, after reading some comments attached to an article about the negative aspects of Buzz, I discovered that just by having a gmail e-mail account, Buzz and Chat are turned ON by default without my permission.
To turn these things off, go to the bottom of your gmail inbox, scroll to the very bottom of the page. Click on very small text links turn off chat, turn off buzz.
Google motto do no evil is bullshit. They should have these things as opt in, not automatic. I would advise anyone who has a gmail account to do this ASAP unless you could care less someone that you may have e-mailed in the past can now see all your e-mail contacts and who you are e-mailing, and what you are doing.
Thanks for posting. This is BS !
Thanks for the info guys.
Quote from dandxg:
Thanks for posting. This is BS !
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/bad_initial_buzz_over_privacy_rr7GU8H8PL9tS16cfL6E9M
Quote from oraclewizard77:
1. I assumed that by NOT clicking on Google Buzz which creates a public link of all your e-mail clients so that they can follow you kind of like twitter, I would not be signed up for the service.
2. However, after reading some comments attached to an article about the negative aspects of Buzz, I discovered that just by having a gmail e-mail account, Buzz and Chat are turned ON by default without my permission.
3. To turn these things off, go to the bottom of your gmail inbox, scroll to the very bottom of the page. Click on very small text links turn off chat, turn off buzz.
4. Google motto do no evil is bullshit. They should have these things as opt in, not automatic. I would advise anyone who has a gmail account to do this ASAP unless you could care less someone that you may have e-mailed in the past can now see all your e-mail contacts and who you are e-mailing, and what you are doing.
Good post.
How many times does this make? Privacy issues immediately with the introduction of Google Chrome browser until the peasants complained. Surely Google must know better and like to see what they can get away with.
Google are an evil faceless corporate behemoth who are single-handedly doing more to destroy privacy than any entity on earth - including the Chinese government. If you use gmail, or web mail in general, for anything sensitive then you are a dumb mofo and this little bitch slap should be a wake up call to change your silly habits. Google search is also unsafe unless you use at least 9000 proxies.
Basically you should not use any google product unless there is no adequate substitute, and even then you should take paranoid security precautions and avoid any unnecessary use of sensitive/private info & communications. It is the place to say hi to uncle fred or look up local home improvement stores, not for exchanging romantic emails with the office secretary, surfing hardcore porn sites, or sending/storing commercially sensitive data.
Basically, you should trust google (and facebook and other BS tech companies) about as far as you can throw a well-greased hippopotamus.
But P. T. Barnum was right and no doubt some idiotic fanboys will be lecturing us about how great google chrome is.
Basically you should not use any google product unless there is no adequate substitute, and even then you should take paranoid security precautions and avoid any unnecessary use of sensitive/private info & communications. It is the place to say hi to uncle fred or look up local home improvement stores, not for exchanging romantic emails with the office secretary, surfing hardcore porn sites, or sending/storing commercially sensitive data.
Basically, you should trust google (and facebook and other BS tech companies) about as far as you can throw a well-greased hippopotamus.
But P. T. Barnum was right and no doubt some idiotic fanboys will be lecturing us about how great google chrome is.
This girl from gizmodo is pretty beaten up about what's happened -
http://gizmodo.com/5470696/fck-you-google
PS. Most, if not all $1billion+ companies are evil but of course they all tell us how great they are and how we their clients are of utmost importance. Read their crappy mission statements and they all look like a sick joke.
http://gizmodo.com/5470696/fck-you-google
PS. Most, if not all $1billion+ companies are evil but of course they all tell us how great they are and how we their clients are of utmost importance. Read their crappy mission statements and they all look like a sick joke.