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.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"Regardless of whether a user clicked the button labeled 'Sweet! Check out Buzz' or “Nah, go to my inbox,’ Google Buzz was activated," the complaint says.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Hmmmm. I didn't click opt-in for it, but I do have the following option now showing as the default selection in gmail setup: "Show the list of people I'm following and the list of people following me on my public Google profile"
However I don't have a Google profile, so no worries. But someone with a Google profile could possibly be annoyed with this.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
"Regardless of whether a user clicked the button labeled 'Sweet! Check out Buzz' or “Nah, go to my inbox,’ Google Buzz was activated," the complaint says.
Vince wrote:At some point Google is going to step in a pile from which they can't remove the stink.
At least a decade off.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Well, MS & Yahoo just shoved their search efforts together, so we'll see if they can dent the big G. I doubt it.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."