The +1 feature is Google’s answer to Facebook’s “Like” button. As with the Facebook “Like” feature, if you click the “+1” button for an article you like from another website, Google+ will post that link to your stream. Unlike Facebook, Google+ makes it easy to control who will see that link depending. As with many security and privacy issues, it all comes back to your circles – who’s in them and which circles you decide to share +1 links with. Pay attention to how your “+1” votes are being published and think twice before allowing one to go to all your followers (Google+’s default). Also, while your specific followers will only see your “+1” rankings if you let them, Google has let users know that it may “aggregate statistics related to users’ +1 activity with the public, [their] users, and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or connected sites.” In other words, your votes may be hidden from your followers, but they’re not hidden from Google or its advertising partners!
+1 Privacy
The +1 feature is Google’s answer to Facebook’s “Like” button. As with the Facebook “Like” feature, if you click the “+1” button for an article you like from another website, Google+ will post that link to your stream. Unlike Facebook, Google+ makes it easy to control who will see that link depending. As with many security and privacy issues, it all comes back to your circles – who’s in them and which circles you decide to share +1 links with. Pay attention to how your “+1” votes are being published and think twice before allowing one to go to all your followers (Google+’s default).
