I’m underwhelmed by Buzz for several reasons: (1) big hype, (2) little privacy, (3) harder to kill than a zombie. At the end of this post, you’ll find some tips on how to undo what Google did.
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010Coping with Facebook’s Dec. 2009 privacy changes
Friday, December 11th, 2009If you use Facebook, you’ve probably become aware of recent changes to their handling of privacy settings. The new ability to control privacy of each individual post you make is a good thing. But the consensus from most users and observers (including the EFF) is that, rather than improving privacy, all of the other changes create risks to most people’s privacy.
Below is a list of suggestions for how to exert as much control as you can and wish over your own FB profile. It’s a draft – comments, suggestions, and corrections welcome!
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