By Slanted Light

I've checked out the security complaints - some of them look like they were a wee bit valid, but have been fixed since, others look like they were made by people who don't know how to use the technology they're playing with - or else haven't thought of the implications of it in the first place. For instance - I didn't make my profile "public" to start with, so I shouldn't be turning up on anyone's "Followers" list in the first place... I certainly wouldn't want my email address put out there, if I had chosen to be public, but I gather google's sorted that one out... I'm not too worried about the security angle, to be honest - just the stop opting me in automatically! angle!

Actually that's where Lj gets kudos from me - they seem to have learned that lesson, and either make things Opt In, or else give us plenty of notification of launch so that we can opt out... That's what bugs me about this Buzz thing. Go Lj!

I use various google thingies - maps, and documents, search of course! Much smoother than Yahoo, for example...