Lauren Weinstein: "Google Buzz" -- and the Risks of "Automatic Friends"
‘Gbuzz, being tightly integrated with Gmail, apparently makes the implicit assumption that your frequent e-mail contacts should also automatically be declared as your “friends” for social update sharing purposes, and by default creates automatic “follow” lists on this basis. Maybe this will work just fine for some people, but man, it might be just plain dangerous for others — perhaps especially those persons who use a single Gmail account to communicate with both personal friends and business associates. Is routinely updating your business acquaintances with the same information as your personal contacts typically appropriate?’
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