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Re: The Daily Poll: Does Google Reader’s “Shared Items” Feature Violate Privacy?

Murtadh — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:27:08 -0000

As they said, when you make it shared it mean one thing it's public... if you don't want to share it simply "starred" it :), you have the choice.

Re: The Daily Poll: Does Google Reader’s “Shared Items” Feature Violate Privacy?

endonend — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:32:10 -0000

Agreed. The outrage is ridiculous. No one is forcing you to use the 'Share' functionality nor is Google publishing your entire account. If you want to send it to someone specifically or a group of people, use the Email function. Couldn't get any easier than that!

Re: The Daily Poll: Does Google Reader’s “Shared Items” Feature Violate Privacy?

Louis Gray — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:01:41 -0000

It is absolutely not a violation of privacy.

It's this simple. When you "Shared" the item, you made it part of the public domain with a public URL. If you want to keep it private, don't share it.

The Web is more transparent than ever. Blogging is public. Del.icio.us bookmarks are public. Shared items are public. The whining needs to stop.