Google: No Private Google+ Profiles for You!

[Brink]

Privacy advocates have held Facebook's feet to the fire on several occasions over various privacy issues that have crept up since its inception, and if Google's to truly become a Facebook killer, the sultan of search would be wise not to follow in Zuckerberg's footsteps. It's interesting, then, that Google has decided to ban private Google+ profiles, requiring users to make their profiles public or face account deletion....

Read more at: Maximum PC | Google: No Private Google+ Profiles for You!

 

[z3r010]

Windows 7 news? :sarc:

 

[Shadowjk]

2) The news article must be related to Windows 7.

LOL Thanks for the heads up though

 

[Brink]

Windows 7 news? :sarc:

Oops.

 

[Britton30]

You need your tinfoil hat Shawn.

 

[essenbe]

Windows 7 or not, I really can't say that I'm surprised by the news.

 

[marsmimar]

All Google Profiles Will Be Public

If you’re using a Google Profile - which describes anyone using the new Google+ social network - Google’s issuing an ultimatum: If you don’t make your profile public by July 31st, Google will delete it ...

In other words, if you’ve been keeping your Google Profile private for the sake of social media invisibility, well - you can’t. Google is requiring that Google+ users be able to at least see that you exist on the network when doing searches. Oddly enough, Facebook still allows users to pull a more complete disappearing act through a judicious use of privacy settings.

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