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Google Reader Begins Sharing Private Data

Posted by kdawson on from the thought-it-was-your-data-eh dept.

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."

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  1. Re:I never "got" GMail by pauljlucas · · Score: 0, Troll

    AJAX makes gmail easily one of the best user interfaces as far as webmail goes.
    So it's got a slick UI. BFD. But even you qualified your own statement. I have an equally nice UI using the same IMAP client I've been using since before GMail existed. I don't "get" why anyone would give up desktop clients for webmail.

    Solid spam filtering.
    My IMAP client aslo has solid spam filtering.

    The webmail interface is entirely searchable using Google's fast and easy search engine technology.
    My IMAP client, while it may not offer Google's exact flavor of search technology, does a perfectly fine job of searching my mail. (Indexing and searching text isn't rocket science.)

    In short, it's everything free e-mail providers like Yahoo and Hotmail promised, but never delivered on.
    Well, OK: if you were using webmail before GMail, I can see why you'd switch to GMail. But to me, that still begs the question of: why were you using webmail in the first place?
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  2. Re:I never "got" GMail by pauljlucas · · Score: 0, Troll

    One of the most convenient is that all my mail is very quickly accessible from any machine connected to the internet, without any setup of an IMAP client necessary.
    If I'm out somewhere and I want to check e-mail, I have my pre-configured laptop with me. All I need is to find a WiFi hotspot. Here in San Francisco, they're all over the place. If I'm out somewhere and I don't have my laptop with me, well then I'm doing something interesting or fun and have no burning desire to stop what I'm doing to check e-mail anyway.
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  3. TEH DUNT BE TEH EVIL!!!!11!!1! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    OMG, Y U H8 TEH GOOGEL? DEY DUNT BE TEH EVIL DERE MOTO EVEN BE TEH DUNT BE TEH EVEL!1!!

    Teh Googel is not teh MiKKKr0$$$l0th, so dey kant be teh evel!!!!