> It looks to me, as if a team had a good idea (yes, i think buzz as an idea is a good idea,
> the launch was not) but it was not properly tested and thought of such cases.
I agree wholeheartedly, which is why I feel they're evil. They believed that their idea was a good one, and so forced it on everyone without bothered to test it. Even if you don't attribute their mistakes to malice, the other option is to concede that they were 'merely' careless and reckless with our personal, private data.
My issue with Google isn't all the privacy issues around Buzz, it's that all the privacy issues around Buzz came after no outside testing, and with no choice on the end-user's part. They made a string of assumptions that turned out to be false in a not-insignificant number of cases, because no one thought 'hey, maybe we should ask people before we give other people information about them.'
Yes, i agree. As i said, it would probably have been a good idea to start with an invite-only beta stage. Still wondering why they didn't and why they didn't think the use cases through, that's a shame. To me it feels, like some manager wanted to push that software out before its time where i hoped google projects wouldn't be as budget-driven and as marketing-driven as the whole rest of the industry. Atleast not so much to produce such a disaster.
Although Google did some steps to open up in terms of what data they have on a user, i hope this incident pushes them to be as open as possible with what data of me they have and giving me more control over it.
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My issue with Google isn't all the privacy issues around Buzz, it's that all the privacy issues around Buzz came after no outside testing, and with no choice on the end-user's part. They made a string of assumptions that turned out to be false in a not-insignificant number of cases, because no one thought 'hey, maybe we should ask people before we give other people information about them.'
Yes, i agree. As i said, it would probably have been a good idea to start with an invite-only beta stage. Still wondering why they didn't and why they didn't think the use cases through, that's a shame. To me it feels, like some manager wanted to push that software out before its time where i hoped google projects wouldn't be as budget-driven and as marketing-driven as the whole rest of the industry. Atleast not so much to produce such a disaster.
Although Google did some steps to open up in terms of what data they have on a user, i hope this incident pushes them to be as open as possible with what data of me they have and giving me more control over it.