Since its inception in 2004, the social network Facebook has been the subject of much debate on the issue of privacy. Just launched, Google + also raises questions. Comparison between the two social networks on this issue.
• public profiles, private profiles
As of July 31, a profile + Google no longer be private. The user will reveal at least the name and surname. Initially, it was the same for sex. Several sites specialize also note that Google restricts the use of pseudonyms. To justify these choices, the company says that the change of names on Google + will affect other services such as Gmail. The profile of the new social network, however, offers a class "Alias" to indicate his various pseudonyms.
+ Google also allows you to set the visibility of each part of the profile in relation to different circles of friends. The user can also make them invisible tabs in the profile (photos, video, +1' s and Buzz).
Settings "recommended" or "custom" data visible to everyone, from friends or friends of friends ... Facebook offers a variety of settings. But by default the parameters that are "recommended" make visible to everyone, the articles, photographs and publications of the user.
A tab "Custom Settings" allows you to tweak the options. It is through these menus as facial recognition photographs, which has recently been the subject of controversy, can be disabled.
• Sharing of content
Google +, it is possible to choose the circles or the recipients of the content you post. The social network makes you do it in circles and involvement of one of its leading features. "We tell some things to our friends from school, our parents and others to the bare necessities to our boss," reads the official presentation page.
Facebook offers the same type of personal sharing with its function "List". But it is very highlighted by the network of Mark Zuckerberg and less convenient to use.
