Disruptive Proactivity

There’s been lots of discussion about google buzz, and the privacy changes that they made in the first few days.

One thing I’ve not seen is a discussion about how, if you really care about privacy, or you talk to people who have safety issues (and I varyingly come into both categories), then it may not be the best idea to use *anything* on it’s first day.

Google buzz had a few defaults that were wrong, and they’ve been fixed in a few days.

But surely the a better, stronger, safer argument from EFF and Tactical Tech etc is not that googel must get everything perfect on day one, but that if you really care leave it a week, for things to be shaken out, and others to look.

Users who have privacy or critical concerns shouldn’t be expecting to use any services without strong technical consideration.

That’s a training issue for those who deal with the contacts, and not a service issue. Google didn’t get everything right, but I’m not sure the message from the critics is quite right either. Google fixed it in a couple of days; hopefuly tactical tech and EFF will learn too.