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Zuckerberg Quits Google+ Over Privacy Concerns

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the so-much-irony dept.

ianpm writes "Mark Zuckerberg has decided to leave Google's new social network because he 'doesn't want to be tracked.' In other news, the Internet's irony meter has just exploded. Robert Scoble is now the most followed person on Google+ according to The Inquirer." Most of the article is about the rankings of various G+ users with big followings. I currently have a measly 400 or so. Guess I'll never be as cool as MySpace's Tom.

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  1. Re:Interesting fact by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    When you sign up to Google+, see these very information:
    - Google can use your information to prodive targeted marketing across Google sites and every affiliated site (ie. millions of sites where AdWords is installed)
    - Show photo geo location information in newly uploaded albums and photos.
    - Show this profile publicly (enabled by default)

    Troll much? Paid by Facebook/Apple? Your master Zukerberg or Jobs let you out of his dungeon early today?

    1. What is "your information" that google releases? It's same they have been doing for years with your searches. Unlike Apple, they do not track you without notifying you, and unlike facebook, they don't sell your personally identifying information to anybody. Stop being a douchbag.
    2. Photo geo location - not all, and not private pictures. and only those you allow it to, you asshole.
    3. And the public profile has what information ? your name and gender - as if it's not already publicly available?

    Go back to the Facebook/Apple dungeon, you bitch.