Google’s Social Graph API: only as powerful as you let it be
Whether I wear the mantle of “privileged Silicon Valley power-nerd”, I am less concerned about privacy than most.
However, something seems to be lost in the discussion surrounding Google’s new Social Graph API. While it’s true that an automated crawler is now connecting online social relationships, a user must explicitly link their online profiles for the crawler to cross the garden walls.
For Google to aggregate your Twitter and Flickr connections, you must publicly declare your Flickr profile on your Twitter profile. This may sound a tad harsh, but if you don’t want that information aggregated, don’t link the accounts.
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