I need your opinions of Google Friend Connect (The Googlization of Everything)

What do you think about Google Friend Connect?

What are the costs and benefits of this service? What are the privacy implications?

Filed under: The Dossier
Posted by Siva Vaidhyanathan, December 8, 2008 1:21 PM

Comments (1)

Jason on December 11, 2008 7:51 PM:

Why focus on Google only? If you are worried about privacy there are many more sites that reveal a whole lot more and where people reveal a lot more about themselves. Look at Facebook, myspace, yahoo to name a few - there are many others. All those companies store and have access to all that information about all their users. Even if Google knows your search trends, that is nothing compared to the amount of personal information on most social networking sites. Also Friend Connect allows anyone to add a bit of social interaction to their site. If you're worried about this, don't login and don't add stuff, then you won't be identified. Easy

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