Google Buzz is just launched by Google and people are raising privacy concerned about Google Buzz. This privacy issue is noted by the Silicon Alley Insider on Wednesday. By default Google Buzz show the list of people you follow and people that follow you. This list is a public list so any one visiting your Google profile would shown with a complete list of people that you follow and people follow you. In other words any one can go and see who are the people you email and chat with most.
Two obvious scenarios according Silicon Alley Insider
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Imagine if a wife discovering that her husband emails and chats with an old girlfriend a ton.
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Imagine a boss discovers a subordinate emails with executives at a competitor
The good news for Google is that this is a very easy problem to fix. Google must either shut off auto-following, or it must make follower lists private by default as soon as possible.
How to Stop following Someone in Google Buzz?
Click into Buzz on Gmail
In the middle of the page, it’ll show you who you’re automatically following. Click "View and edit"
Click "Unfollow" for everyone on your list you don’t want the world to know you’re emailing.
Or just scroll to the bottom of the page and turn Buzz off
