This title is misleading and implies a breach in privacy on Google+. While that's technically true, the article is actually about how Google has recognized the problem and is currently fixing it.
"First, when you have a post that is defined as Limited (anything that you haven’t shared publicly) other people will no longer be able to share that content. Previously, once you shared it, others could link to it and that created a privacy problem that Google wanted to fix in the post-Buzz world."
While we don't normally think of it as odd (probably because it happens on Facebook and other social networking sites all the time) Google+ was meant to protect privacy better than this, so it's a valid concern. And they're addressing it, as you noted.
I think you should be able to share links again, without giving access to all the comments and such. Pics and text should not be sharable... Without permission. I can imagine having things that I don't want to post 'public' but that I wouldn't mind friends sharing with friends I don't know.
[+] [-] WinstonW|14 years ago|reply
"First, when you have a post that is defined as Limited (anything that you haven’t shared publicly) other people will no longer be able to share that content. Previously, once you shared it, others could link to it and that created a privacy problem that Google wanted to fix in the post-Buzz world."
The original title worked just as well.
[+] [-] wccrawford|14 years ago|reply
While we don't normally think of it as odd (probably because it happens on Facebook and other social networking sites all the time) Google+ was meant to protect privacy better than this, so it's a valid concern. And they're addressing it, as you noted.
I think you should be able to share links again, without giving access to all the comments and such. Pics and text should not be sharable... Without permission. I can imagine having things that I don't want to post 'public' but that I wouldn't mind friends sharing with friends I don't know.
[+] [-] rryan|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] mkelly|14 years ago|reply
The UI fluff will never change that.