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Google+, kindly meet privacy issues

<img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-79260 aligncenter" height="50" src="http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/2580/gplus.jpg" title="gplus" width="234" />There’s a snafu with the recently released Google+, where potential problems have already been spotted concerning the issue of privacy. Google’s latest attempt at social networking allows you to categorize people you know into different circles, letting you share with friends what you do not want your family to know – however, there is a feature which allows you to reshare what someone else has posted. Logically speaking, the resharing ability allows the original post to go beyond the “circle of trust”, as Gaylord Focker would put it. The loophole was first spotted by the eagle eyed folks over at the Financial Times, but it is nice to know that such a loophole was discovered so early into the game, considering Google+ is still in limited trial, with users finding some rough edges in the process. Google stated that “we’re actively listening to feedback from our testers. Prior to launching the product, we may make adjustments to the system in response to this feedback.” <div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=fGR0bJvk4Ro:_m-NaY1kd4M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7178/15694658.gif" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=fGR0bJvk4Ro:_m-NaY1kd4M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/8466/14821600.gif" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=fGR0bJvk4Ro:_m-NaY1kd4M:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/5941/28852514.gif" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=fGR0bJvk4Ro:_m-NaY1kd4M:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3420/47455817.gif" /></a></div>

Google+, kindly meet privacy issues

There’s a snafu with the recently released Google+, where potential problems have already been spotted concerning the issue of privacy. Goog...

Google+ design credited to original Macintosh team member Andy Hertzfeld

<img alt="" border="0" class="aligncenter" height="117" src="http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/9189/googleplusproject.jpg" width="279" /> You may have heard about Google+, the hot new sharing product from Google that went official today, and it sounds cool (sounds cool, but remember how cool Wave and Buzz sounded? Let's just say we're reserving excitement so far). But one exciting thing about the new project is how cool and smooth it looks, and TechCrunch has noted the reason for that look, based on Steven Levy's reporting: it's designed in part by Andy Hertzfeld, one of the members of the original Macintosh team back in the 1980s. Hertzfeld now works for Google, and supposedly he was let free to exercise his creative influence as he liked on the new Google+ system, creating something for the folks in Mountain View that looks like it might have come from the early days of the Cupertino company. Hertzfeld even credits some of his influence at Google to Apple's own resurgence lately, saying that Apple's sky-high relevance in the tech and mobile industry may have "had a little bit to do" with his chance to help create Google+. In other words, when you finally get one of those invites that are starting to float around, and finally log in to the system to see what it is and what it's like, take note of any Macintosh-related influences you might see. Odds are, they're Mr. Hertzfeld's work.

Google+ design credited to original Macintosh team member Andy Hertzfeld

You may have heard about Google+, the hot new sharing product from Google that went official today, and it sounds cool ( sounds cool, but r...