Can I get in on this Google+ invite party? On Jul 15, 11:50 pm, Warren Chu <[email protected]> wrote: > If you spend some time with the privacy settings almost any service can > mostly be private these days, even Facebook. With Google+, you can't > actually see other peoples circles as to how many and what they're called, > but you can tell by default who they have added in general and who have add > them. However, you can choose not to share that information and most > everything else by editing your profile. I just played with the privacy > settings to confirm. Though the UI is not always clear that something has > been made private, there is a preview mode in which you can impersonate a > user to verify that the settings are correct. > > Looks like they learned from the backlash with Buzz and it probably helped > that Facebook has ironed out a lot of the privacy kinks. > > - > Warren > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Karen Kreps > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > I got an invite to join the beta testers of Google+ (it will be publicly > > available at the end of this month) and I started to use it. Then I had > > second thoughts. Do I want Google to know who all my friends, clients, > > relatives are and every detail of my likes and dislikes? Do I want to spend > > my valuable time organizing that info for Google? I know gmail is not > > private and I assume Google will control all that info that I volunteer and > > that my friends contribute. It may too late, they may already know vastly > > more about myself than I realize, but I hesitate to use Google+ > > > I have since then received a dozen requests from friends to connect to > > their circles on Google+. Part of me wishes to respond quickly and accept > > their invitations, but I have concerns. > > > Would you care to share a few thoughts about this? Do we just accept that > > there is no privacy left in life and go with the herd? I'd especially > > welcome comments from security experts. > > > TIA. > > > KK > > > -- > > Our Web site:http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Refresh Austin" group. > > > [ Posting ] > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > Job-related postings should followhttp://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > > [ Unsubscribe ] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > > [ More Info ] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
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