Careful with the Google Buzz

It’s not asking if you want to join or activate Buzz. It’s asking if you want to learn more about it.

Even if you click “No” (or, in California-speak, “Nah, go to my inbox”), you are still enrolled in Buzz. The “Buzz” box still appears in your sidebar. The nice folks at Google just assume you want to be part of their new world where “[i]f you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.

Lawyers (or journalists) with Gmail accounts: Careful with the Google BuzzGmail’s “turn off buzz” (still) does not turn off Buzz; here’s how to really do it

# Feb 14, 2010

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