Comments on: First Thoughts On Google FriendConnect http://geoff.evason.name/2008/05/13/first-thoughts-on-google-friendconnect/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:43:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kiakanpa http://geoff.evason.name/2008/05/13/first-thoughts-on-google-friendconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-22 kiakanpa Tue, 13 May 2008 09:09:52 +0000 http://geoff.evason.name/?p=39#comment-22 Alas they are ALL tied to a particular identity - the login side seems to be handled by openid/oauth, but until/unless google release the code to implement their service on anybodys server - google have FULL control - not just over your 'google account' but over the facebook, orkut, yahoo accounts you link - all that data passes through google friendconnect - all will be harvested to sell you ad's. We don't need/want a google friendconnect - we want an OPEN friendconnect. Alas they are ALL tied to a particular identity – the login side seems to be handled by openid/oauth, but until/unless google release the code to implement their service on anybodys server – google have FULL control – not just over your ‘google account’ but over the facebook, orkut, yahoo accounts you link – all that data passes through google friendconnect – all will be harvested to sell you ad’s.

We don’t need/want a google friendconnect – we want an OPEN friendconnect.

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