[geeks] Who else is on Google+?

[Phil Stracchino]

On 07/05/11 21:25, der Mouse wrote:
>> So far, the most cogent assessment I've heard is "It's like Facebook
>> without the personal information leaks" ... but I'm not interested in
>> Facebook in the first place.
> 
> Also, speaking personally at least, I don't trust the personal
> information leaks to remain absent, given (a) how abusive Google has
> historically been towards the rest of the net, (b) fiascos like Buzz
> where they have done something without, apparently, putting even
> minimal thought into foreseeing obvious consequences, and (c) the
> country they are in and the constraints they are thus under (I consider
> a compelled leak to the US Government to be at least as severe a
> problem as a leak to anyone else, possibly more so).

There is that.  At least if some commercial company like, oh ...
Blizzard or LiveJournal misuses my personal data, I can be reasonably
safe in assuming they're doing it *only* for financial gain.  The US
Government, on the other hand, is relatively unlikely to be motivated by
financial gain, and has far worse things it can do to me than make money
off me.

Related:  A recent Rasmussen poll found that 63% of Americans polled now
believe that the US Government is a greater threat to individual rights
and liberties than it is a guarantor of them.


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