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The thing that really bugs me about Google profiles is that they're directly connected to email addresses. I guess Google thinks their ability to deal with spam
by dacort 16y ago
The thing that really bugs me about Google profiles is that they're directly connected to email addresses. I guess Google thinks their ability to deal with spam is good enough that putting millions of their user's email address publicly available isn't a concern.
- frognibble 16y agoThe email address is not displayed on the profile page. A user can customize his or her profile URL with an email address. The settings page clearly states that the email address is publicly discoverable if the email address is used in the profile URL.
- dacort 16y agoShouldn't I be allowed to customize my profile URL with a string other than my email address? Why force me to expose my email if I want something other than a 21-character numeric id?
- frognibble 16y agoI suspect that Google used email addresses because they already have tools for managing that namespace.