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Google Plus considered harmful

Posted by Bob Jonkman on June 29th, 2011

Google Plus Screenshot

Google Plus is available.

I won’t be using it. Google has too much of my data already.

For gushing, sycophantic reviews see Mashable and Techcrunch.

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Update 8 July 2011: Someone pointed out that I should probably investigate Google Plus before dissing it, so I’m licking the Google salt block. There will another blog post with the results of this investigation… In the meantime, Circle Me!

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Update: 13 October 2011: The Verdict on Google Plus: Mostly Harmless

Tags: considered harmful, Google, Google Plus, Mashable, privacy, review, Techcrunch
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