The ninth of February, Google has launched Google Buzz, a product due to which the world’s number one search engine becomes an important player on the social media field. It provides a new way to communicate within Gmail and offers services similar to those of Twitter. The core philosophies behind Google Buzz are wanting to share experiences and wanting to share them in real time. Basically, it is a social status feature, with public and private settings for different posts. If you reply at somebody, a buzz is sent towards an individual’s inbox. To make sure that you do not miss any comment or post, there is a system to send you an e-mail whenever there are new updates. The e-mail shows the Buzz you have created and all comments and images that are associated with it. The system can also be used on various mobile phones.
Unfortunately, a huge privacy flaw has been discovered by Nicolas Carson of Silicon Valley Insider. When you first go into Google Buzz, you are automatically set up with followers and people to follow. The problem is that these people are made public to anyone who takes a look at your profile. In other words, who you email and chat with most, is exposed to the public. This can have serious consequences. One possible scenario is that a wife discovers that her husband communicates quite often with his ex. Yet, the good news is that the problem can be easily fixed by, for example, shutting off auto-following or making follower lists private by default as soon as possible.
Source:
http://www.businessinsider.com/warning-google-buzz-has-a-huge-privacy-flaw-2010-2
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