In case you haven't heard, the new Google Buzz tends to reveal rather more than many people realized it would reveal (cleolinda has a few details here). If you've already turned it on, turning it off is insufficient. Thanks to ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rydra_wong for the links to the previously-mentioned entry and what seems to be the best info now: Buzz off: Disabling Google Buzz.
I want to spread the word because I fear this could be a serious problem for some people.
I'm also pretty shocked. Call me naïve (I'm sure someone will), but even though I'm a bit suspicious of Google and its power, I really like my Gmail, and it never crossed my mind that Buzz would be bad. I hadn't turned it on because I simply hadn't got round to reading what it was and did, but I'm not sure that reading the description would have alerted me to potential problems: like the fact that my Gmail address is my fic name, but I use it to e-mail some other fans whose real identities I know using their real names, thereby potentially compromising their separation of real life person and online persona.
ETA: DISREGARD AS WRONG:Apparently, if you never used it at all, you can simply just click the "turn Buzz off" at the bottom of your Gmail safely. (If anyone knows otherwise, please alert me!)
rydra_wong for the links to the previously-mentioned entry and what seems to be the best info now: Buzz off: Disabling Google Buzz.I want to spread the word because I fear this could be a serious problem for some people.
I'm also pretty shocked. Call me naïve (I'm sure someone will), but even though I'm a bit suspicious of Google and its power, I really like my Gmail, and it never crossed my mind that Buzz would be bad. I hadn't turned it on because I simply hadn't got round to reading what it was and did, but I'm not sure that reading the description would have alerted me to potential problems: like the fact that my Gmail address is my fic name, but I use it to e-mail some other fans whose real identities I know using their real names, thereby potentially compromising their separation of real life person and online persona.
ETA: DISREGARD AS WRONG:
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Thanks for this heads up!