Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:52 pm
They forced all of their Gmail users into being "Buzz" users.
Buzz is their new social networking site.
An invasion of privacy? Yes, but not a horrific one. I mean, all they did was sign you up for their new service.
No, they went above and beyond later...
Buzz is their new social networking site.
An invasion of privacy? Yes, but not a horrific one. I mean, all they did was sign you up for their new service.
No, they went above and beyond later...
Gmail account holders who then began using Buzz found their first public posting was essentially a list of their most frequent e-mail contacts. Buzz decided for itself who users e-mailed most often, then put those users on a list as "followers" and made that list public. Quickly, nightmare hypothetical scenarios were published -- workers who had recently e-mailed about job interviews had their job hunt exposed, for example. Cheating lovers or spouses were outed.