Google Reader Begins Sharing Private Data 313
Felipe Hoffa writes "One week ago Google Reader's team decided to begin showing your private data to all your GMail contacts. No need to opt-in, no way to opt-out. Complaints haven't been answered. Some users share their problems, including one family who says they won't be able to enjoy this Christmas because of this 'feature.' Will Google start doing this with all their products? You can check a summary of complaints in my journal here or browse the whole thread in Google Groups."
Shared items are not private (Score:5, Funny)
"This is outrageous", screamed Peter P Hysterical on the same forum where he documents every nanosecond of his life. "There's no opt out procedure, there's no whitelisting. It's just everyone looking at all the stuff I've decided to share."
God, responding to inquiries said, "Look, if you don't want people to see your stuff, put it inside. I created walls for a reason."
I use Gtalk for workplace IM'ing (Score:2, Funny)
Re:A big mistake at a critical moment (Score:3, Funny)
Sounds like fun for the whole family ;) (Score:5, Funny)
Heh. This sounds like it could be fun, actually, and I'm not even gay. I'm almost tempted to finally get a GMail account and start sharing some gay stuff just to see if mom will try to give me advice about _that_ too.
Hmm, actually, now I'm getting even better ideas. Do they have some feeds about, dunno, bestiality or such?