Google Buzz shows the world with whom you are communicating

Google Buzz will automatically publishes the names of the persons with whom the users communicate on Gtalk or Gmail.

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It has long been recognized, protecting the privacy of Internet users is not the major concern of Google. While its economic means of convincing users to give up their privacy to make public the maximum data. Not only to index the data in its search engine, but also and especially for cross and provide the most personalized service possible according to user profiles.

With its new Buzz Google released this week, the Mountain View company has perhaps pushed the slider a little too far. As noted by Business Insider, service inspired by Twitter and Facebook automatically adds “following” and “followers” (which Google calls “subscribers”) to the profile Google Buzz by default, the people you follow and those that follow you appear publicly in your profile, anyone can see.

When entering a first post on Buzz Google, a popup warns small, light gray on a white background that “your profile includes your name, photo, the people you are following the updates and people who follow yours “.

But the pop-up says it is not possible to disable this feature by editing their profile, and especially do not say that people are added automatically according to the frequency with which the user communicates with them through Gmail and Gtalk.

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