Why On Earth Does Google Buzz Think I Am Chris Messina?
May 14, 2010 at 05:45 AM EDT
Google is weird. I mean seriously weird. Or maybe it's just Google Buzz. With all the Facebook privacy issues going on right now I thought I'd go and check out Google Buzz. I'd heard a rumour you couldn't delete your profile. On the face of it, it would appear you can. At the bottom of the Edit Profile page, there is a link to deleting your Buzz profile which says "This will disable Google Buzz integration in Gmail and delete your Google profile and Buzz posts. It will also disconnect any connected sites and unfollow you from anyone you are following." Fine, that's good enough for me. It may well be that Google retains data whether I know it or not. I pretty much assume Google keeps everything. That's not what caught my eye. What got my attention were the other profiles Google was "suggesting" I add to mine.