1. It makes your name public and therefore allows people to search for you. It only appears to make your name public if you have a public profile. I logged int

1. It makes your name public and therefore allows people to search for you. It only appears to make your name public if you have a public profile. I logged into my other gmail account and tried to search for my main one from buzz and couldn't find myself, because I don't have profiles set up for either accounts.